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British Broadcasting Corporation Gaza Programme Ruled a 'Major' Breach of Media Regulations, States Broadcasting Watchdog
The BBC was found to have committed a "serious breach" of broadcasting rules by not revealing that the presenter of a film about Gaza was the son of a Hamas representative, as ruled by UK media regulator Ofcom.
An investigation by Ofcom into the programme Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone has found that the programme was "significantly deceptive".
The head of the BBC had previously apologised, noting there had been "a significant failing in relation to truthfulness".
Ofcom has directed the corporation to broadcast a prime-time statement about its conclusions.
"Since this amounts to a major infringement of our rules, we are instructing the corporation to transmit a announcement of our conclusions against it on the BBC's second channel at 9pm, with a date to be confirmed," the regulator stated.
'Potential to Erode Confidence'
The watchdog's report said: "Our investigation concluded that the documentary's failure to disclose that the narrator's male guardian occupied a post in the Hamas-administered administration was materially misleading.
"This implied that the public did not have critical information which may have been highly relevant to their assessment of the voice and the content he provided.
"Credibility is at the center of the bond between a broadcaster and its viewers, notably for a public service broadcaster such as the BBC.
"This failing had the potential to erode the exceptionally strong amounts of confidence that the public would have placed in a documentary produced by the BBC about the Gaza conflict."
The documentary was removed from iPlayer in the month of February after the boy's family links were revealed, and in this past July an corporation's own inquiry determined it infringed the broadcaster's editorial guidelines on accuracy.
A representative for the broadcaster said: "The regulator's decision is in agreement with the findings of the corporation's inquiry, that there was a serious error in the programme in relation to the corporation's content standards on accuracy, which reflects Rule 2.2 of Ofcom's Broadcasting Code.
"We expressed regret for this and we comply with the regulator's ruling in full. We will adhere to the directive as soon as the schedule and language are finalised."
Allen Warren
A tech journalist and digital strategist with over a decade of experience covering emerging technologies and business innovation across Europe.
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