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Alan Rusbridger Wants the BBC to Find Its Nerve

Columbia Journalism Review · Josh Hersh · last updated

On Monday, the BBC released its long-awaited report into a documentary about life inside wartime Gaza, which the British public broadcaster retracted in February, after it was revealed that its narrator was the son of a Hamas official. The review pointed the finger at the independent production company that produced the film, for failing to inform the broadcaster of the relationship—but it also acknowledged key failures on the part of BBC leadership in vetting the project.

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