5mo: BBC & terrorism

wednesday 11th october, podcast (6 minutes), on bbc world service radio 

‘terrorist’ – why the bbc doesn’t use the word (presented by katie razzall) (in the 5 minutes on series)

“The executive responsible for the BBC’s editorial guidelines has defended the corporation’s decision not to describe Hamas fighters as ‘terrorists’.

The long-standing policy has come under criticism from both the government and opposition parties — with the defence secretary Grant Shapps saying it ‘verges on disgraceful’.”

including contributions from …

• ambassador husam zomlot

• david jordan, bbc director of editorial policy

(available at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0gkwwtb)

OS: Gaza 12/10/2023

this afternoon (thursday 12th), 4.06-4.26pm, 4.30-4.31pm, 4.32-4.47pm, 4.49-4.59pm, 5.07-5.19pm, 5.20-5.28pm, 5.30-5.41pm, 5.32-5.44pm, and 5.47-5.54pm, on bbc world service radio 

bbc os (presented by james reynolds) leads with …

“US Secretary of State visits Israel.”

including contributions from …

• safaa faisal, bbc monitoring 

• journalist aseel mousa 26, gaza

• gershon baskin

• bbc reporter tom bateman 

• moa, kfar aza

• bbc reporter kristina voelk

• bbc reporter james landale 

• david jordan, bbc director, editorial policy and standards 

• bbc reporter katie razzall 

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen

• bbc reporter lyse doucet

• bbc reporter hanan razek

• bbc reporter hugh schofield

Twt: Saying ‘terrorist’

this evening (wednesday 11th), 10.30-10.37pm, on bbc radio 4 

the world tonight (presented by julian worricker) includes …

“Why the BBC – and some other media organisations – are reluctant to describe Hamas as ‘terrorists’.”

including discussion with …

• roger bolton, former presenter of feedback

PM/6ocn: Gaza 11/10/2023

this afternoon (wednesday 11th), 5.01-5.02pm, 5.05-5.19pm, 5.32-5.40pm, 5.48pm, 6.00-6.16pm, and 6.28-6.30pm, on bbc radio 4 

pm (presented by evan davis) and six o’clock news lead with …

“Gaza’s only power station runs out of fuel.”

“The Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the opposition leader Benny Gantz have agreed to form an emergency government.”

including contributions from …

• surgeon abdul qader hammad 

• raun sami, gaza

• jason hart, university of bath

• journalist shashank joshi

• un secretary-general antonio guterres

• us general jack keane

• tisham mahana, red cross

• lt masha michelson, idf spokesperson 

• bbc gaza reporter rushdi abualouf 

• bbc reporter jon donnison

• yuli

• bbc reporter anna foster

• adele raemer, kibbutz nirim

• bbc reporter paul adams

• david jordan, bbc director of editorial policy

• bbc reporter jeremy bowen 

TMS: Saying ‘terrorists’

this afternoon (wednesday 11th), 4.46-4.58pm (repeated 9.46pm), on bbc radio 4 

reporting the israel gaza war (presented by katie razzall) (in the the media show series) includes …

“We talk to the BBC’s director of editorial policy about why BBC journalists won’t use the word ‘terrorists’ to describe the perpetrators of the atrocities.”

including contributions from …

• david jordan, bbc director, editorial policy and standards 

• journalist bel trew

• journalist jay solomon