BBC execs resign amid scandal over Trump interview edit and Gaza war coverage
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Gary Lineker’s repost from the account Palestine Lobby included an emoji of a rat
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Opinion I quit the BBC after 30 years because of antisemitism
There is a joke that English antisemitism is: hating Jews more than is absolutely necessary. On Jan. 3, 2022, I resigned from the BBC, where I have been a freelance broadcaster for over 30 years. I appeared regularly on the BBC World Service and on BBC Radio’s Terry Wogan Show, in addition to countless other…
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Fast Forward Jewish BBC contributor resigns, alleging antisemitic coverage
A Jewish contributor to the BBC has resigned, citing antisemitism in the network’s coverage of a recent attack on Jewish passengers on a Chabad bus in London. In his resignation letter, which he posted on Facebook, Rabbi YY Rubinstein wrote that the BBC’s coverage of the bus attack “attempts to turn the victims of the…
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Fast Forward BBC Accused Of Covering Up Palestinian Anti-Semitism
(JTA) — The BBC is being accused of covering up Palestinian anti-Semitism after it mistranslated in subtitles the word for “Jew” to “Israeli” several times in one documentary. The film “One Day in Gaza,” about last year’s Gaza border protests against the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, aired Monday night on the BBC…
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Fast Forward BBC Drama ‘McMafia’ Slurs Israeli Businessmen
(JTA) — The new BBC miniseries “McMafia” has been accused of making “gratuitous slurs” against Israeli businessmen. The show, a drama about the British-raised son of a Russian mafia boss, also focuses on members of the Russian-Israeli mob. It is based on a 2008 book by journalist Misha Glenny. The group UK Lawyers For Israel on its…
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Fast Forward BBC Presenter Won’t Host Holiday Special After Making ‘Fat Jewish Guy’ Comment
(JTA) — A BBC host passed up a holiday special after saying that musicians today are no longer managed by some “random fat Jewish guy from northwest London.” Reggie Yates, a Radio 1 host and TV presenter, said Monday on Twitter that he would not be hosting the popular “Top of the Charts” holiday special…
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Fast Forward BBC Host Apologizes For ‘Fat Jewish Guy’ Comment
(JTA) — A BBC host has apologized for saying it is “great” that music artists are no longer being managed by “some random fat Jewish guy from northwest London.” “I am hugely apologetic for this flippant comment,” Reggie Yates, a Radio 1 host and TV presenter, said Monday in his apology. “It was not my…
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