BBC chief responds to landmark report exposing bias on Gaza

Journalist confronts BBC director over broadcaster's Gaza coverage

Journalist Peter Oborne called out BBC director of news content Richard Burgess over a report into the broadcaster's coverage of Gaza.

BBC chief responds to landmark report exposing bias on Gaza

A BBC chief has responded to a landmark report which exposed the broadcaster’s double standards in reporting on Gaza.

"Systemic bias": Landmark report says BBC gives Israeli deaths 33 times more coverage

The BBC is “systematically biased” against Palestinians in its Gaza war coverage, according to a new report by the New Centre for Media Monitoring.  The comprehensive report analysed over 35,000 pieces of BBC content, revealing a systemic pattern; the minimisation of Palestinian suffering and perspectives and the amplification of Israeli narratives, victimisation and emotive stories. It said the data shows that the “BBC has consistently failed t…