The airing of a Hamas-related documentary is a “dagger in the heart” of the BBC credibility, the head of the UK government-funded broadcaster accepted in Parliament.
Controversial “Gaza: How to Survive A War Deputy” told the story of Israeli’s incursion in the enclave through the eyes of Palestinian children and was shown by 13-year-old Abdullah al-Yazuri-Deputy Minister of Hamas.
The terrified BBC executive deducted the documentary filled with propaganda from the BBC’s iplayer two weeks ago after learning the Hamas family’s links.
“I agree that this is a really bad moment,” BBC leader Samir Shah said during a parliamentary session on Tuesday. “What has been discovered is a dagger in the heart of the BBC claim to be impartial and reliable.”
The broadcaster, who also receives private funds, received about 500 complaints about the film “One -sided against Israel” before being pulled out of the air, according to Tim Davie, the Director General of the BBC.
There were also about 1800 calls for the embarrassing documentary to return to the iplayer, Daive told the Parliament Media Committee.
The BBC launched a full -scale investigation into the documentary, which aired on February 17, after it was revealed that the new narrator’s father was a Hamas official, the executives said.
“Have you ever wondered what you would do if your world was destroyed?” Hamas -affiliated narrator says in a documentary trailer, posted by the Hoyo Films production company on YouTube.
“After all, you can say we are experts, so let me tell you our story,” the narrator continued. “Who knows? One day, you may need it. “
But Hoyo allegedly kept essential information from the BBC despite repeated interrogation, the broadcaster told the post on Wednesday.
“During the production process, the independent production company was asked in writing several times by the BBC about any possible links he and his family may have with Hamas,” a spokesman said in a statement. “Since the broadcast, they have admitted that they knew that the boy’s father was a deputy minister of agriculture in the Hamas government.”
Hoyo allegedly paid for the young boy’s mother a “very limited money” to confess the film, the BBC told The Post.
London -based production company is reported to have told the BBC that no payment was made to Hamas members or associates.
“We are fully cooperating with the BBC … to help understand where the mistakes were made,” Hoyo said in a statement on her website. “We feel that this remains an important story to tell, and that our contributors – who have no word in war – must hear their voices.”
Despite admitting that they were shocked by the discovery, high bronze on the network argued that the editorial standards of the BBC were strong.
There were “serious failures from both sides, on the independent side of production, as well as on the BBC side,” Shah said.
But “the standards that the BBC has are very good. They are very strong, “he insisted.” I have a concern that they were not so much processes were the fault, as people were not doing their job. “
Days after the BBC removed the documentary, an open letter signed by more than 1,000 media professionals sentenced the decision.
In the letter, the actors, screenwriters and filmmakers said they were “terrified that the BBC has chosen to give confidence in a politicized campaign that sought to discredit a documentary on the children’s experiences of indescribable Israeli military violence.”
During the parliamentary session on Tuesday, the BBC leaders said they still support the idea of a war -torn document.
“The idea we see what is happening in Gaza through the children’s eyes was a good documentary idea – I don’t want anyone to think that is not the case,” Shah said.
Davie added that “the voices of those children and children in Gaza are absolutely something we have to hear.”
But the BBC said it does not plan to turn the documentary into the iplayer after the investigation is completed.
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