Complaint on BBC Reporting About Gaza

If you want to complain to the BBC about its coverage of Gaza you have four options

Option 1: Make a Freedom of Information request on foi@bbc.co.uk asking them

-          who booked certain guests (names and dates needed)

-          why certain guests were excluded

-          who made decision to not have representing the Palestinians / Gazans

-          is there an editorial briefing or guidance on use of words, word patterns, terms of reference and such like to discuss Israel, Gaza, Palestinians or any other matter related to this conflict or surrounding matters

Option 2: Write a complaint using the online form here: https://ssl.bbc.co.uk/complaints/forms/?reset=#anchor

Option 3: Email Newswatch, the BBC program which handles complaints, using some or all of the template below: newswatch@bbc.co.uk

Option 4: Complain to OFCOM: https://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/tell-us/specific-programme-epg

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Dear Sirs,

I am writing to you to lodge my complaints and express my dissatisfaction about broadcasting and reporting bias, relating to coverage of the current situation in Gaza.

Since hostilities began, you have:

a.       presented spokespersons representing the Israeli government, or interests, without also presenting someone representing the Palestinians

b.      allowed information to be transmitted from Israeli representatives without verifying, challenging or scrutinising the information being transmitted  (in some cases the where the information is clearly disputed or controversial)

c.       failed to apply professional or reasonable levels of journalistic scrutiny

d.      presented Israeli representatives, or those with Israeli interests and affiliations, without checking credentials or declaring their interests or partiality

e.      used language which has been used to demonise or denigrate Palestinians, Hamas and Gazans

f.        misrepresented facts, and omitted to present other relevant facts, in relation to the current conflict which would reflect badly on Israeli interests

These have been evidenced on BBC News broadcasts, BBC Breakfast and in particularly on Newsnight.

It is contended that to a reasonable person who was in receipt of the relevant facts, this would appear biased.

We call for an immediate investigation into these matters, a public admission of the nature of these complaints and where required a public statement issues relating to any incidents of biased coverage.

Yours sincerely,