The Beeb is better at becoming the news than making it these days. The last fortnight has seen the corporation come under fire after a rather controversial Gaza documentary – whose child narrator was, er, the son of a Hamas minister – was first released and then pulled from streaming services. Now Steerpike has had sight of a rather interesting email sent by the corporation’s CEO, Deborah Turness, about the whole affair…
Writing to staff about the doc, titled ‘Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone’, Turness first admitted that these were ‘turbulent times’ for the corporation, before tacitly reminding her staff that when it comes to news stories, ‘we have to get it right’. Talk about stating the obvious, eh?
In a statement, the Beeb has confessed that it is partly responsible for problems with the documentary – while also piling blame on the production company Hoyo Films. The public service broadcaster noted:
The review has identified serious flaws in the making of this programme.
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