Can we trust the BBC on Israel-Gaza? These media experts don’t think so
Posted: 19th January 2025
As many question BBC’s coverage, three academics tell openDemocracy why they don’t think the broadcaster is impartial
17 January 2025, 7.08am
Pro-Palestine protest outside BBC Broadcasting House in London
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Is the BBC’s coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza fair? That’s the question many are asking this week, after a new investigation detailed the alleged despair of 13 anonymous BBC staff members who perceive a pro-Israel bias from the public broadcaster’s most senior ranks.
The 9,000-word report, written by journalist Owen Jones and published on Drop Site, a self-described “non-aligned, investigative news organization dedicated to exposing the crimes of the powerful”, alleges that the BBC’s coverage of the war has failed to meet its standards on impartiality.