Last week we documented the appearance of the misleading and inaccurate term “hostage exchange” in the synopsis to a filmed report published on the BBC News website on October 15th:
“…the synopsis to that report promotes false equivalence between Israeli hostages kidnapped and taken to the Gaza Strip – alive or dead – by terrorists on October 7th 2023 and Palestinian security prisoners convicted of acts of terror or detained as unlawful combatants. [emphasis added]
“In the wake of US President Donald Trump’s push for a ceasefire and hostage exchange deal between Hamas and Israel, the BBC’s Bernd Debusmann Jr takes us through decades of American diplomacy, tracing how five US presidents tried to broker peace in one of the world’s most volatile regions.”
A BBC ‘HISTORY LESSON’ ERASES PALESTINIAN TERRORISM
CAMERA UK submitted a complaint to the BBC on that issue. On November 6th we received a response that includes the following:
“Thank you for contacting us on the BBC news website about this video article.
The introductory text has been amended with a note added. We don’t believe it now raises any issues relating to editorial standards.”
