“Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone” is no longer available on BBC iPlayer after it gave Abdullah, son of deputy minister of agriculture Ayman Alyazouri, prominent coverage on Monday night. Took a week…
The BBC stood by the programme despite apologising and said: “We’ve promised our audiences the highest standards of transparency, so it is only right that as a result of this new information, we add some more detail to the film before its retransmission. We apologise for the omission of that detail from the original film.” New text was added to the film. A trigger warning?
Yesterday on the BBC’s Middle East page the documentary itself was firmly placed two pages above the article about it featuring a Hamas official’s son. Gone now…
“Update on 21/02/2025:
Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone features important stories we think should be told – those of the experiences of children in Gaza.
There have been continuing questions raised about the programme and in the light of these, we are conducting further due diligence with the production company. The programme will not be available on iPlayer while this is taking place.”
Sarah Pochin at Reform Scotland’s manifesto launch event: “I really wanted to come on in a Reform tartan burka, but apparently I wasn’t allowed… One day let’s do one of these events not live-streamed. We’ll do all the naughty stuff…”