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BBC Gaza documentary narrated by Hamas official's son breached editorial guidelines, review says
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BBC Gaza documentary narrated by Hamas official's son breached editorial guidelines, review says

  • By SYLVIA HUI - Associated Press

Britain's media regulator says it will investigate a BBC documentary about children in Gaza after a report found that it was narrated by the son of a Hamas official and therefore breached editorial guidelines on accuracy. The broadcaster removed the documentary in February. The program’s narrator a 13-year-old boy who is the son of a Hamas official. A review published Monday found production company Hoyo Films failed to disclose this information but didn't intentionally mislead the BBC. The review found no breaches of impartiality. BBC Director-General Tim Davie acknowledged the issue as a “significant failing.” The BBC has been under intense scrutiny for its coverage touching on the war in Gaza.

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FILE - This photo shows a BBC sign outside the entrance to the headquarters of the publicly funded media organization in London, July 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary turned acclaimed TV journalist, dead at 91
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Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary turned acclaimed TV journalist, dead at 91

  • By FRAZIER MOORE - AP Television Writer

Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary who became one of television’s most honored journalists, has died at 91. His career ranged from President Lyndon Johnson’s press secretary to newspaper publisher and senior news analyst at CBS News. But it was for public television that Moyers produced some of TV’s most intelligent and provocative programs. During hundreds of hours on PBS, he proved at home with subjects ranging from government corruption to modern dance, from drug addiction to media consolidation, from religion to environmental abuse. He called himself a “citizen journalist.”