Miriam Margolyes joins stars demanding BBC board member axe

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1. Famous faces, including Miriam Margolyes, Charles Dance, and Mike Leigh, have signed an open letter demanding the sacking of BBC board member Sir Robbie Gibb.

   Historian William Dalrymple, comedian Alexei Sayle, Zawe Ashton, and Khalid Abdalla are amongst 400 prominent figures from the arts and media world who have called the BBC’s reporting of Israel a cause of “great shame.” The letter, which has also been signed by 111 anonymous BBC journalists, blasts the broadcaster for being “crippled by the fear of being perceived as critical of the Israeli government.” The signatories also claimed the coverage of being “defined by anti-Palestinian racism.”

   According to GB NEws, the letter states, “We are concerned that an individual with close ties to the Jewish Chronicle… has a say in the BBC’s editorial decisions in any capacity, including the decision not to broadcast Gaza: Medics Under Fire.”

2. At least it isn’t someone she used to work with under fire for once.

3. As they should. The owner of the Jewish Chronicle, an extremely pro-Israeli publication with ties to the Netanyahu government, should under no circumstances have any editorial control over the BBC

4. I love Miriam and she, and the others, are quite correct

5. So their problem is that Jewish people have too much of a say in the bbc? Is that really the argument?

6. I take it GB News weren’t approached to broadcast it?

7. >The letter, which has also been signed by 111 anonymous BBC journalists, blasts the broadcaster for being “crippled by the fear of being perceived as critical of the Israeli government.”

   Wasn’t this the same BBC that released a documentary which had translations like turning word Jew into Israeli army (to hide who violence was being directed against), and translating the word Jihad to resistance?

   The BBC is absolutely willing to go after Israel, and that’s just the regular BBC. The idea that the BBC is somehow unwilling to criticise Israel is laughable.

   How have all the people demanding this documentary’s release somehow unaware of what the BBC and BBC Arabic has done?

   If it’s wrong when it’s done in favour of Israel as they claim, then it should also be wrong when it’s the opposite.

8. If people think the BBC has been unwilling to be sympathetic to the Palestinians and Hamas they are either on a different planet or deep deep deep into the cause

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10. If you ever wonder what side of an argument to be on: Do what Miriam does.

11. Gibb was the Tories communications director, one of the many political appointments made under Boris to wage the culture wars against public bodies. Should have been sacked ages ago.

12. I cannot believe that poxy fascist Israel censors what we see and hear in UK. WTAF?

13. I mean , I might start watching again if BBC have finally got some common sense

14. They dont control our media , and to even think they do is anti-Semitic. That this zionist is controlling the media is ENTIRELY COINCIDENTAL…

15. The BBC is blatantly right-wing, so no surprises there!

16. In 2019 the Conservatives got only 43% of votes cast and obviously read that as an absolute mandate and authority to castrate the BBC impartiality and fill the boardroom with aggressive Tory stooges. Gibb and others have to go.

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