BBC documentary - children of Gaza

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https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/feb/17/gaza-how-to-survive-a-warzone-review-these-incredible-children-offer-a-sliver-of-hope

Did anyone see this last night? Heartbreaking and enraging in equal measure.

Well, BBC decided to pull the documentary, so apparently it wasn’t quite up to their standards after all 🤷‍♀️

So you are saying it is untrue and propaganda without any evidence 🤔

It is not permanently pulled.

I posted in the early stages of this thread. I was so angry with the BBC for not carrying out due diligence on a prime time news report/documentary. The BBC makes a big point of checking and verifying the facts. It is often late to report news until it has verified the emerging news stories. The BBC is one of the most trusted news sources in the world. It is the most trusted European news sources in in the USA.
@AnxiousRose Imagine what Americans now think of the BBC's reporting of Gaza? . You will have seen how Trump has reacted to the future of Gaza. False reporting does Gazans no favours. It diminishes the impact of real news coming out of Gaza. Government ministers are now questioning the veracity of the BBC as an impartial reporting tool.
Sadly, what the documentary has done is broadcast to a large audience that news stories from Gaza are not reliable. I am not talking about Guardian readers or the people who watch BBB 2 documentaries. Just ordinary people who will note the headlines and register a sense of fake news.
Hamas has done itself no favours with this story. Just as it does itself no favours with the bully boys military style hand over with guns and balaclavas. It does say to the wider audience very clearly that Hamas has huge influence over every day life in Gaza. It says that Hamas is not fit to oversee the rebuilding of Gaza. It says there is no opportunity for a new moderate Gaza party to rise up and take responsibility for running Gaza in a democratic way.
It was an own goal for Hamas just as the quasi military style threatening handovers of hostages is a foolish PR exercise. It plays into the hands of Trump and his plans.
The posters defending the making of the documentary don't seem to see how damaging accusations of fake news are to everyone involved.
I saw the documentary. Life is unbelievably tough for Gazan children but news reporting must be accurate and verifiable if it wants ordinary people to take notice and not just hear the words fake news.

David Collier 😂

I think its up to you to refute his evidence. Is he wrong? All his sources were in the public domain, unlike the making of the film.

You’re claiming that it’s all entirely trustworthy?

The counterpoint to that would be that the BBC didn’t know the narrator was the son of a prominent terrorist and that others involved also have apparent links to Hamas.

You don’t appear to have a counter argument to that.

How am I, a non-expert, supposed to pick up on factual errors in a documentary? I am supposed to be learning from it, not fact-checking it. The important thing for a documentary viewer to know is if they can trust the source.

I don’t appear to be able to trust the source and you don’t appear to be able to offer any reassurances.

By quoting David Collier you have told me all I need to know about you.
And it sounds like you are accusing me of being a Hamas apologist. Is that correct?

I have said that the documentary is increadibly valuable.

Do you seriously believe everything see is not without bias? You are increadibly nieve to think that.

You’re missing the point.
The BBC were not transparent about the bias .
In fairness to you - you are entirely transparent about your bias.

I hope no one wants to silence the children of Gaza. Most of all I hate the idea of Hamas trying to silence the children of Gaza. They have done that in this documentary. However wonderful and worthy the children are, they should be free to speak about themselves, not have Hamas officials involved in the choice of children representing Gaza.

Maybe take that up with the Israeli government then.

It wasn’t an attack. Not sure why you say that?
The poster is open about their position and personal bias .

This response makes no sense at all

Yes because this poster has been open and clear in saying they do not support Hamas or the Israeli government.

Think about it 🤔

That’s the point, we don’t know as it’s propaganda. These are men that strangle toddlers and rape women as they cut their breasts off. They will have zero qualms about using any unethical method to further their own agenda.

The Israeli government have no control over Hamas . ( in response to @AnxiousRose

Think a bit more 🤔

Maybe you should try thinking . 😉

No, you 🤔

I already know the answer 😊