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Who is responsible for the BBC’s Gaza documentary debacle?

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In 2007, the BBC was engulfed in scandal for an embarrassing – if relatively trivial – misrepresentation of Queen Elizabeth II. A promotional clip for a documentary, A Year with the Queen, was edited to suggest the monarch stormed out of a photoshoot in a huff, when in reality, the sequence had been misleadingly spliced together. The outcry was immediate. Within hours, the BBC issued an apology. By the following day, an internal investigation had been launched. The corporation treated the matter with the utmost urgency, leading to resignations, extensive inquiries, and a near-existential crisis over editorial ethics.

Fast-forward to 2025, and the BBC has once again been caught red-handed with a dodgy documentary. This time, instead of a royal misunderstanding, the broadcaster was effectively serving as a mouthpiece for one of the world’s most depraved terrorist organisations. Gaza:

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