BBC Admits ‘Serious Flaws’ in Gaza Documentary Production, Initiates Review: ‘The Mistakes Here Are Significant and Damaging’

variety.com:

Naman Ramachandran UPDATE: The BBC has acknowledged “serious flaws” in the production of its controversial documentary “Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone” and initiated a further review following revelations about its narrator’s family connections to Hamas. “BBC News has conducted an initial review on the program ‘Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone.’ Today the BBC Board was updated on that work.

It has identified serious flaws in the making of this program. Some of these were made by the production company, and some by the BBC; all of them are unacceptable.

BBC News takes full responsibility for these and the impact that these have had on the Corporation’s reputation. We apologize for this,” a spokesperson said in a statement that detailed multiple breakdowns in the production process.

The documentary, which features 13-year-old Abdullah Al-Yazouri narrating life in Gaza during the conflict, became the center of controversy when it emerged that the boy’s father, Ayman Alyazouri, serves as Hamas’s deputy minister of agriculture.