BBC apologizes for saying pro-Palestine demonstrators were 'backing' Hamas

Source: The Hill

BBC apologizes for saying pro-Palestine demonstrators were ‘backing’ Hamas

BY DOMINICK MASTRANGELO - 10/16/23 2:47 PM ET

The BBC issued an apology for the way it characterized demonstrations supporting Palestinians amid the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel.

“Earlier we reported on some of the pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the weekend,” Maryam Moshiri, the chief presenter at BBC News, wrote in a statement posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

“We spoke about ‘several demonstrations across Britain during which people voiced their backing for Hamas.’ We accept this was poorly phrased and was a misleading description of the demonstrations.”

The apology was also read on the BBC’s air live Tuesday.

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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/4258749-bbc-apologizes-palestine-hamas/

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Source: Yahoo! News

BBC apologises for 'misleading' coverage of pro-Palestine protesters in UK

Ross McGuinness
Updated Tue, 17 October 2023 at 4:36 am EDT·5-min read

• Hundreds of people gather outside the BBC to protest against its coverage of Hamas
• The BBC apologises after it said pro-Palestine supporters 'backed Hamas'
• Apology comes amid calls from Rishi Sunak that BBC should refer to Hamas as 'terrorists'

The BBC has been forced to apologise after it said pro-Palestine protesters across the UK were supporters of Hamas.

In a broadcast on the BBC News channel on Monday, a presenter spoke of how there had been "several demonstrations across Britain during which people voiced their backing for Hamas".

BBC News later issued an apology on air and on X, formerly known as Twitter.

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Read more: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/bbc-apology-palestine-protesters-uk-hamas-terrorists-082323645.html

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