{"id":120422,"date":"2023-10-25T21:59:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T21:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/?p=120422"},"modified":"2023-10-25T21:59:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T21:59:35","slug":"fury-at-bbc-as-viewers-have-lost-faith-over-its-refusal-to-call-hamas-terrori","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yourclomid.com\/politics\/fury-at-bbc-as-viewers-have-lost-faith-over-its-refusal-to-call-hamas-terrori\/","title":{"rendered":"Fury at BBC as viewers have lost faith over its refusal to call Hamas terrori"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick warned that many Jewish viewers have now lost faith in its news coverage.<\/p>\n

Mr Jenrick told the Director-General: \u201cI\u2019ve never been so disappointed in the BBC as I have been this past fortnight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI worry that the organisation has lost the confidence of many people and in particular the British Jewish community.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat loss of confidence began with the BBC\u2019s refusal to call Hamas terrorists. Will you reconsider that, and change your \u00adeditorial policy?\u201d<\/p>\n

But Mr Davie defended the Corporation\u2019s coverage and told the 1922 Committee of Conservative MPs he is not planning to make changes.<\/p>\n

The BBC has faced a backlash of its coverage of the aftermath of the October 7 terror attack for refusing to label Hamas as terrorists. It also faced criticism after a reporter appeared to blame Israel for a \u00adcontested rocket strike on a hospital in Gaza.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: <\/strong> Tory MPs should ask BBC chief Tim Davie these 10 questions in crunch meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told the Commons on Monday that British intelligence services believe it is likely the rocket came from within Gaza.<\/p>\n

Mr Davie was told he shared \u00ad\u201cresponsibility\u201d for the anti-Semitism \u201cJews woke up to\u201d after the \u00adreporting of the hospital strike.<\/p>\n

He was challenged on the sources the BBC is using to assess events and one MP said allegations of bias against Israel at the broadcasters are \u201cnot new\u201d with concerns raised 20 years ago about its approach.<\/p>\n

Mr Davie is the first BBC Director-General to address the committee in 100 years and ministers attended alongside backbenchers.<\/p>\n

One Tory source said the \u201cmoral decline of the BBC is concerning\u201d while another said his performance had been \u201cunconvincing\u201d.<\/p>\n

Conservative Jonathan Gullis, who wants an independent inquiry into the coverage, said MPs \u201crespected\u201d Mr Davie for turning up to answer their questions but said his standing did not improve as a result of the session. \u201cIn fact it has got worse,\u201d he added. \u201cIt just wound more people up and not just vocal critics of the BBC.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was just bizarre. Refusing to call Hamas terrorists is a very strange hill to die on. It is completely tone deaf.\u201d<\/p>\n

Senior Tory Sir Michael Fabricant said Mr Davie \u201ctried to\u201d address concerns about the coverage of the war.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am not sure he succeeded,\u201d Sir Michael added. \u201cHe would make a good senior civil servant. \u2018Yes minister, but\u2026\u2019\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n

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