The BBC has mentioned it breached its editorial tips by failing to reveal that the kid narrator of a Gaza documentary was the son of a Hamas official.
A report into the controversial programme mentioned three members of the impartial manufacturing firm knew in regards to the position of the boy’s father – however nobody throughout the BBC was conscious.
The impartial report – commissioned by the company – criticised the BBC crew concerned within the documentary for not being “sufficiently proactive” with preliminary editorial checks, and for a “lack of critical oversight of unanswered or partially answered questions” forward of broadcast.
Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone aired on the BBC in February however was pulled from iPlayer after it emerged that the kid narrator was the son of Ayman Alyazouri, who has labored as Hamas’s deputy minister of agriculture.
The company mentioned it will not be broadcast on BBC channels once more.
How To Survive A Warzone was made by impartial manufacturing firm Hoyo Movies, and options 13-year-old Abdullah al Yazouri, who speaks about life in Gaza throughout the warfare between Israel and Hamas.
BBC director-general Tim Davie later described the fallout over the documentary as “damaging”. He mentioned the company “were not told” about questions requested round Abdullah’s father.
Media watchdog Ofcom beforehand warned that current controversies might “start to erode public trust and confidence”.
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