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Royal Television Society Scraps Special Award For Gaza Journalists, Telling Jurors It Doesn’t Want To “Add Fuel To Fire” Of Scandal Around BBC Film
The Royal Television Society sparked anger after a decision to scrap a special recognition award for journalists in Gaza at the TV Journalism Awards.
In an email to jury chairs seen by Deadline, the RTS said it did not wish to “add fuel to the fire” around Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone, the BBC documentary that was pulled after it was revealed that the child narrator was the son of a Hamas minister. In a statement, an RTS spokesperson said: “Investigations have recently been launched into a number of news reports from Gaza and, as those reviews are ongoing, we didn’t feel it was appropriate to proceed with the award this year.” “Presenters & winners repeatedly cited the battle for truth we are in across world, the importance of television journalism & the bravery of those targeted for it & then the very organisation which presides over the recognition of all of this cancels the very award recognising it.”
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