[News] Palestine Action trash BBC HQ for downplaying Israeli crimes in Gaza

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Palestine Action trash BBC HQ for downplaying Israeli crimes in Gaza
Al Mayadeen English
February 17, 2025
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The Palestine Action activist group announces targeting the BBC
headquarters in London, accusing them of complicity in the Gaza genocide.
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   - The BBC logo covered in blood-red paint after Palestine Action
   activists targeted the broadcaster's HQs, February 17, 2025 (X/Pal_Action)

Palestine Action announced that its activists targeted the *BBC *
headquarters
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/uk-met-police-scrutinized-for-blocking-pro-palestine-march-o>
in Portland Place, London, early on Monday, splattering the outer ground
floor with blood-red paint and smashing windows.

The group accused the *BBC *of "downplaying Israeli war crimes" and
neglecting to "amplify Palestinian voices," stressing that this makes the
broadcaster "complicit in the ongoing genocide in Gaza."

This marks the second time the group has targeted the building.

In November, more than 100 *BBC *employees accused the British broadcaster
of exhibiting a clear bias toward "Israel" while covering the entity's
ongoing year-long war
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/uk-media-denounced-for--killed-by-who---double-standard--gaz>
against Palestinians in Gaza.

In a letter addressed to *BBC *Director-General Tim Davie and signed by
over 230 members of the media industry, including 101 anonymous BBC staff,
the signatories urged the broadcaster to "recommit to fairness, accuracy,
and impartiality" in its reporting on Israeli actions in Gaza.

The letter criticized the *BBC *for not meeting its editorial standards,
citing a lack of "consistently fair and accurate evidence-based journalism"
in its coverage of the situation, as reported by The Independent, which
obtained the letter.

Among the signatories are British politician Sayeeda Warsi and actress
Juliet Stevenson. They called on the *BBC *to report “without fear or favor”
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/bbc-to-investigate-reporter-s-pro-palestinian-views>
and to “recommit to the highest editorial standards—with emphasis on
fairness, accuracy, and due impartiality.”

*Read more: BBC to investigate reporter's pro-Palestinian views
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/bbc-to-investigate-reporter-s-pro-palestinian-views>*
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