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Conflict in the Middle East

Little or no public debate allowed by the BBC.

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mouthpipette · 07/05/2025 15:13

Caller to R5 live the other day mentioned that the last time the conflict in the ME was discussed on Nicky Campbell's show was March 14.
Considering there are usually 2 topics discussed and that it goes out 5 days a week, that's a lot of shows that haven't been a platform for debate about Israel/Gaza.

And it gets even worse.

BBC1 question time, and you have to go back to October 17 2024 to find a question about the ME. Since Oct 17, dozens of questions about Trump and Ukraine, but strangely Israel / Gaza doesn't feature.
Also, whilst stories about Harry or GCSE results will have a "Have your say" comments section, on the BBC news website, there are none for stories on the current conflict.
LBC not afraid to cover it and to be a platform for a discussion, the BBC obviously are.

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LookingForRecommendation · 07/05/2025 15:25

Aaron95 · 07/05/2025 15:15

Not surprising. People on both sides are so polarised that any sort of sensible debate is pretty much impossible.

This.

What about Sudan OP? Did you check that one too?

Aaron95 · 07/05/2025 15:15

Not surprising. People on both sides are so polarised that any sort of sensible debate is pretty much impossible.