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Thursday, November 28, 2024
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Thursday, November 28, 2024
Several Jewish BBC journalists said to quit union over call to wear Palestinian colors
Illustrative: Protesters holding placards and Israeli flags join a gathering outside the headquarters of the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) in London on October 16, 2023, to appeal to the corporation to call Hamas 'terrorists.' (Daniel Leal/AFP)
Several Jewish journalists at the BBC have quit their union after it called on members to wear clothes in Palestinian colors or a keffiyeh as part of a Day of Action for Palestine, the UK’s Jewish News reports.
Several members of the National Union of Journalists felt that the call crossed the line in violating the BBC’s neutrality.
One BBC staffer tells the Times, “BBC journalists, who pride themselves on impartiality and who fought to keep their NUJ free of politics, are being encouraged to break the BBC’s editorial guidelines by supporting a political cause.”
The staffer says they are reconsidering their NUJ membership after the “hypocritical and antisemitic” action.
