The National Union of Journalists (Nuj) has condemned an Israeli government spokesman for a BBC interview during which he accused presenter Mishal Husain of warranting being made “pro-Palestinian reporter of the year.”
The at-times almost unlistenable interview this morning was conducted between Today host Husain and David Mencer, who the Nuj said behaved in an “abusive” manner.
Mencer was speaking with Husain following an air strike on a school building in Gaza that was sheltering displaced people, which killed more than 70, according to the director of a nearby hospital. Kamala Harris was amongst those condemning the killings yesterday.
Mencer was forthright with his attitude that the BBC is biased and at times Husain struggled to get a word in edgeways.
The Nuj accused him of double standards. “The hypocrisy of condemning news reports coming from Gaza, including the latest figures of civilians killed, as speculation and baseless propaganda, whilst refusing...
The at-times almost unlistenable interview this morning was conducted between Today host Husain and David Mencer, who the Nuj said behaved in an “abusive” manner.
Mencer was speaking with Husain following an air strike on a school building in Gaza that was sheltering displaced people, which killed more than 70, according to the director of a nearby hospital. Kamala Harris was amongst those condemning the killings yesterday.
Mencer was forthright with his attitude that the BBC is biased and at times Husain struggled to get a word in edgeways.
The Nuj accused him of double standards. “The hypocrisy of condemning news reports coming from Gaza, including the latest figures of civilians killed, as speculation and baseless propaganda, whilst refusing...
- 8/12/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
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