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    8,000 complaints made about BBC’s Gaza coverage since Israel-Hamas war began

    by Charlotte McLaughlin Mar 20, 2024 3 minutes
    Source: PA Archive

    More than 8,000 complaints have been made about the BBC’s coverage of the Gaza war since Hamas attacked Israel in October, it has been revealed.

    Concerns were raised about the perception of bias in the corporation’s reporting of the conflict, which has seen tens of thousands of Palestinians killed, as top BBC staff faced questions from the Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Wednesday.

    The broadcaster’s director of editorial policy and standards David Jordan told the committee of MPs: “As of this morning, we had just under

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