More than 500 film, TV, and media workers have condemned censorship and bigotry after the BBC pulled a documentary about childrens lives in Gaza.The media experts, consisting of 12 BBC staffers, sent a letter to the broadcasters leadership on Wednesday, in which they condemned a racist and dehumanizing campaign targeting the film Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone.The BBC eliminated the documentary from its iPlayer streaming service after pressure from advocates of Israel.
In a note to audiences, it stated that there have actually been concerns raised about the film and that it is carrying out even more due diligence with the production company.The media employees composed: Beneath this political football are children who remain in the most alarming circumstances of their young lives.
This is what need to remain at the heart of this discussion.As program-makers, we are very alarmed by the intervention of partisan political stars on this issue, and what this implies for the future of broadcasting in this country.The film, they added, uses an all-too-rare viewpoint on the lived experiences of Palestinian children and is worthy of recognition rather than censorship.The BBCs board is set to go over the documentary on Thursday.Last year, more than 100 BBC personnel membersaccusedthe broadcaster of giving Israel favorable coverage in its reporting of the war on Gazaand slammed for its absence of accurate evidence-based journalism.