Following weeks of backlash the BBC will reportedly no longer refer to Hamas as “militants” opting instead to describe them as "a proscribed terrorist organisation" or simply "Hamas." This shift in policy by the public service broadcaster was announced by the Board of Deputies of British Jews in a press release on Friday, after the

Following weeks of backlash the BBC will reportedly no longer refer to Hamas as “militants” opting instead to describe them as “a proscribed terrorist organisation” or simply “Hamas.” This shift in policy by the public service broadcaster was announced by the Board of Deputies of British Jews in a press release on Friday, after the

  • Doug Holland@lemmy.world
    45·
    1 year ago

    The Beeb is a big operation, with genuine humans reporting and editing 24/7/365. Things will always slip by. I appreciated the policy, is all.