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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Michael Savage Media editor

‘Heads will roll’: BBC reckons with bias accusations over Israel and Palestine coverage

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The BBC director general, Tim Davie, told staff that making editorial decisions on Gaza was ‘as tough as it gets’. Photograph: Will Oliver/EPA

When the BBC’s director general, Tim Davie, held a virtual town hall meeting with staff this month, most assumed it would be dominated by disputes over pay and redundancies.

When the questions came in, however, the top query to the boss was clear: why was the corporation refusing to show a long-awaited documentary about medics in Gaza?

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