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Subject: [OT] BBC in serious trouble over documentary it bought from pro-Hamas
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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 20:53:53 -0500
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The BBC recently aired a documentary that is supposedly a child's-eye 
view of events in Gaza. It failed to explain that the child whose 
viewpoint was explored was a family member of a senior Hamas official. 
However, the truth soon came out and now the BBC is in trouble. Given 
that they spend money on the documentary (money obtained from the BBC 
license fee) and growing suspicions that the filmmakers were somehow 
linked to Hamas or contributing to Hamas, there is the distinct 
possibility that there will be criminal charges since giving money to a 
known terrorist group, like Hamas, is against the law.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9gy9wr7Ucw [39 minutes]

This is far from the first time that the BBC has raised controversy over 
programming that is believed by many to be slanted against Israel but 
this may be the most serious instance of this tendency. Here's hoping 
the inquiry results in a major housecleaning in the BBC so that it can 
once again be widely perceived as fair and impartial in its coverage of 
Israel.


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Rhino