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UK Culture Secretary Meeting BBC Chair “Urgently” Over ‘Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone’ Controversy
Lisa Nandy is meeting BBC Chair Samir Shah urgently to discuss 'Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone' and the Peter Johnston review.
The doc was produced and directed by Jamie Roberts, whose HOYO Films also put out its first statement last night, saying it would fully co-operate with the Johnston review. In response, hundreds of people including BBC presenter Gary Lineker signed an open letter condemning the corporation’s “censorship on Palestine.” “We are appalled that the BBC has chosen to give credence to a politicised campaign that sought to discredit a documentary about children’s experiences of unspeakable Israeli military violence, because one child’s father was deputy agriculture minister in Gaza,” said the statement.
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