US EditionBBC apologises after Holocaust Memorial Day report omits Jews
The BBC acknowledged the omission of 'Jewish' in references to six million Holocaust victims, prompting criticism and a commitment to issue a correction for its broadcasts.
- On Tuesday night, the BBC apologised after Holocaust Memorial Day coverage omitted mentioning six million Jewish people and said it will issue a correction on its website.
- Jon Kay introduced the BBC Breakfast report on Tuesday as `for remembering the six million people` without specifying they were Jewish, while Campaign for Media Standards accused the BBC of using the same script all day.
- On the BBC's website and at Buckingham Palace, coverage referred to the six million Jewish people, while Lord Pickles called the omission an unambiguous example of Holocaust distortion and Danny Cohen deemed it a new low point.
- Amid wider coverage disputes, critics and campaign groups said the omission was hurtful, disrespectful, and risked obfuscating Jewish victims on Holocaust Memorial Day amid rising antisemitism.
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BBC Faces Backlash for Omitting Jews from its Holocaust Coverage
The publicly funded BBC was criticized for its multiple broadcasts on Tuesday, January 27th—Holocaust Remembrance Day—which erased the Jewish identity of the six million victims of the Holocaust. A seven-minute report on BBC Breakfast and segments on Radio 4 referred only to “six million people” killed, without mentioning Jews or antisemitism. Later corrections described the victims as “mainly Jewish,” but at least four presenters initially fail…
BBC Apologizes For Omitting Jewishness Of Holocaust Victims In Holocaust Memorial Coverage
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The BBC apologized on Tuesday night after its coverage of Holocaust Memorial Day failed on several occasions to explicitly mention Jews as the victims of the Holocaust, with the broadcaster describing the omission as “hurtful, disrespectful, and wrong.” Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email The report on […]
BBC Apologizes for Ignoring Jewish Victims in Holocaust Memorial Day Coverage
The BBC ignored Jewish victims when covering the International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Tuesday and has since apologised for its error. The taxpayer-funded broadcaster described the omission as “hurtful, disrespectful, and wrong.” The post BBC Apologizes for Ignoring Jewish Victims in Holocaust Memorial Day Coverage appeared first on Breitbart.
'Hurtful, disrespectful and wrong': BBC Holocaust coverage draws sharp criticism
BBC broadcasts marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day drew sharp criticism after referring to 'six million people' murdered by the Nazi regime without identifying Jews as the primary victims, prompting warnings of distorted history and calls for full accountability
BBC apologizes Holocaust Memorial Day coverage omitted Jews
The British Broadcasting Corporation apologized Tuesday evening after Holocaust Memorial Day coverage omitted any reference to Jewish victims, with the exclusion characterized as "hurtful, disrespectful and wrong," The Times reported. Presenter Jon Kay delivered the introduction on BBC Breakfast Tuesday morning, describing Holocaust Memorial Day as "for remembering the six million people murdered by the Nazi regime over 80 years ago," according…
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