INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
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.
