BBC Staff Divided Over Call to Wear Palestinian Flag Colors and Keffiyeh

[RuamRudy]

7 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   I was saying that Palestinian supporters should be allowed and encouraged to show their alliance , wear badges to confirm which side they support . 

   That would be wearing badges to show their opinion on a matter , you likened that to Jews being forced to wear identification based on their Religion in Nazi Germany . 

   There's a big difference from being forced to wear badges because of your religion and wearing badges to show your opinion on a matter .

  This thread is about people being asked to show their support for Palestine by the T.U.C.

   Why not liken the T.U.C's request  to the Nazis ?

 

OK so you have added the word "allowed" to your proposal. I think they are already allowed to wear badges etc, so your post was redundant. Unless, of course, "allowed" wasn't actually omitted by accident. 

[RuamRudy]

2 minutes ago, Bkk Brian said:

No problem...........here it is again for you............

 

 

If you can give it then learn to take it. 

 

Your gaslighting is getting boring now. 

[Bkk Brian]

2 minutes ago, RuamRudy said:

 

Your gaslighting is getting boring now. 

You asked for an explanation, you got one. Still waiting for you to reply on all the other media outlets muck spreading? 

[connda]

On 11/28/2024 at 3:04 AM, Social Media said:

A workplace initiative urging BBC staff to wear the colors of the Palestinian flag and keffiyehs in solidarity with Palestine

Good.  I wish them success in their protests.

[Bkk Brian]

The BBC couldn't hide this one after their own staff made it official. This was back in August. 

 

TV industry letter accuses BBC of antisemitism

More than 200 people from the TV and film industry have signed a letter to the BBC board calling for an urgent investigation into what it called "systemic problems of antisemitism and bias" at the corporation.

The letter said "208 BBC staff, contractors, suppliers and contributors from across the television and film industries, the majority of whom are Jewish" were in "anguish and disbelief" that complaints about coverage and social media posts during the Israel-Gaza war had not been dealt with.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crg4yvl4nnxo

[Nick Carter icp]

26 minutes ago, RuamRudy said:

 

OK so you have added the word "allowed" to your proposal. I think they are already allowed to wear badges etc, so your post was redundant. Unless, of course, "allowed" wasn't actually omitted by accident. 

 

   Persons who should be neutral in the conflict, people who shouldn't be biased : Journalists , U.N agencies , Aid workers , volunteers in Gaza , Reporters. 

   If those guys are biased to one side , then that biasedness should be stated , If a reporter is pro Palestinian , then it should be stated .

   That's not the same as forcing all Jews to wear yellow badges in Nazi Germany just before they were all killed en masse 

[sungod]

20 hours ago, Bkk Brian said:

It affects the BBC staff and the BBC impartiality rules. The fact its not a direct BBC proposal has no bearing on the rules that are in place.

 Stop talking common sense please Brian

[stevenl]

1 hour ago, Evil Penevil said:

BBC mum on union calls for staff to stand with ‘Palestine’

 

"The BBC is maintaining apparent neutrality on a call by a journalists’ union to its members, including BBC employees, to show up at work Thursday wearing items that express solidarity with the Palestinian national cause."

https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/jns/bbc-mum-on-union-calls-for-staff-to-stand-with-palestine/article_2d213158-d962-5731-b77b-cfd2ceef5914.html

 

Does anyone know if any BBC journalists appeared on air wearing Palestinian colors or a keffiyeh?  How about the other 5.5 million TUC members in 47 unions besides the NUJ?  Any real response to the TUC call for solidarity with Palestine?

Better to not make up things. It was not a call for solidarity with Palestine.

"The TUC has called for a permanent ceasefire, the cessation of violence in Gaza and release of all hostages".

[Callmeishmael]

IMHO it would be highly inappropriate for any newscaster to publicly display any political bias.  News should be factual and impartial.

 

Those of you old enough to remember Walter Cronkite will probably remember that he never gave a clue as to his own political preferences.

[Bkk Brian]

1 minute ago, stevenl said:

Better to not make up things. It was not a call for solidarity with Palestine.

"The TUC has called for a permanent ceasefire, the cessation of violence in Gaza and release of all hostages".

Making things up? The TUC themselves state that.

 

Solidarity with Palestine

The TUC has long-standing policy that supports Palestinian rights by calling for an end to the illegal occupation, the blockade of Gaza, settlement expansion, construction of the wall/separation barrier, and condemns the discriminatory Nation State Law, cuts to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNWRA), and the Peace to Prosperity Plan under former US President Trump.

https://www.tuc.org.uk/campaigns/solidarity-palestine

[connda]

1 hour ago, Callmeishmael said:

IMHO it would be highly inappropriate for any newscaster to publicly display any political bias.  News should be factual and impartial.

 

That ended 25+ years ago.  There hasn't been "unbiased" reporting since Huntley-Brinkley Report and Walter Cronkite. MSM is biased to the far-Left with the exception of Fox which is bias to the right.  Ain't nobody but Independent Alternative media which is even attempting to be unbiased.