BBC breached editorial guidelines on controversial Gaza documentary, corporation says
It was found that the BBC violated the Editorial rules after the statement that the narrator of a documentary about Gaza was the son of a Hamas official.
Program, Gaza: How to get rid of a war boneAfter the revelation of Ayman Alyazouri, who served as the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Hamas, the child narrator Abdullah was withdrawn from BBC İPlayer in February.
An independent study led by Editorial Complaints and Investigations Director Peter Johnston concluded that the program violated the standards of accuracy for the program that the program could not disclose information about the position of the child narrator within the government’s government’s government’s government.
However, Mr. Johnston’s study could not find any other editorial guide violation, including those related to impartiality. He also determined that there is no evidence that external interests “improperly affect the program”.
The report said that görece considering the high controversial nature of the issue, carefully evaluated the necessary neutrality requirements in this project ”.
GAZZA: getting rid of a waronIt was made by the independent production company Hogyo Films, which was also published on BBC Two, for BBC.
The details of the narrator’s background information about his father is accepted as “critical information ği that the report says that the report was not shared with BBC before the publication.
The BBC said that the report did not mislead the report of Hogyo Films’ BBC’s narrator’s father’s position, but that the independent production company “gives the most responsibility for this failure”.
However, he adds that the BBC is “some responsibilities ..
“Peter Johnston’s report describes an important failure in this documentary. I thank him for his comprehensive work and I apologize for this failure.
“Now we will take action on two fronts – fair, clear and appropriate actions to ensure that the steps are applied immediately to prevent the repetition of such errors.”
The BBC Board said: “Nothing is more important than trust and transparency in our journalism. We welcome the actions of the manager to prevent the repetition of this failure in the future.”
In his statement, Hoyo Films said that they received the findings of the report “extremely seriously” and “ [BBC] Editorial Directives ”.
“We are pleased that the report has found that there is no inappropriate proof of impact on the content of the documentary from any third party.
“We appreciate that there is no evidence that the meticulous nature of this research and that HOYYO FİLERS did not deliberately mislead the BBC, that the program has no other violations of the editorial guides and that the program funds are spent for reasonable, production -related purposes.”
Hogyo Films said he welcomed the report of the report and hopes that they would improve processes in the future and prevent similar problems.
Uz We work closely with the BBC to see if we can find a suitable way to bring back the stories of those in the program to IPlayer.
Imiz Our team in Gaza put their lives at risk to document the destructive effect of war on children.
“Gaza: How to survive a battlefield It continues to be a vital account and those who do not have words in the conflict deserve their voices to be heard. “
