Veteran journalist Peter Oborne eviscerated the BBC this week over its shameful reporting of Gaza – and unusually, he managed to do so face-to-face with the BBC’s executive news editor, Richard Burgess, during a parliamentary meeting.

Oborne's remarks relate to a new and damning report by the Centre for Media Monitoring, which analysed in detail the BBC’s Gaza coverage in the year following Hamas’ one-day attack on 7 October 2023. The report found a “pattern of bias, double standards and silencing of Palestinian voices.” These aren’t editorial slip-ups. They reveal a systematic, long-term skewing of editorial coverage in Israel’s favour.

Oborne was one of several journalists to confront Burgess. His comments, filmed by someone at the meeting, can be watched below.

jonathancook.substack.com/p/why-bbc-editors-must-one-day-stand

And they've pulled another Gaza documentary. Doctors under Fire. The BBC claim the doc was in breach of their impartiality code. Pathetic.

Excellent piece from a good journalist.