Hamas-Linked Documentary a ‘Dagger to the Heart’ of BBC’s Impartiality – Guido Fawkes

BBC Chairman: Hamas-Linked Documentary a ‘Dagger to the Heart’ of BBC’s Impartiality

BBC director general Tim Davie and chairman Samir Shah have been answering questions at the Culture, Media, and Sport Committee this morning. A recent documentary came up…

Shah was asked if there were unanswered or incorrectly answered questions by the production company in the production of ‘Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone’:

“This is a really really bad moment what’s what been revealed goes to the heart is a dagger to the heart of the BBC’s claim to be impartial and to be trustworthy which is why I and the board are determined to answer the questions you’ve just asked because that’s what we’re trying to do here – who did know what.”

Tim Davie went on to clarify that there were unanswered questions from the BBC to the production company Hoyo Films about the people involved in the programme – begging the question as to why it went out in the first place. Davie insists that a deep dive will work out how to prevent this happening again…

There is an internal investigation currently underway while Ofcom has threatened action if it doesn’t proceed speedily. A lot riding on this one…