BBC Director General Acknowledges “Antisemitic Behaviour By People Who Worked With Us” In All-Staff Note That Seeks To Rebuild Relations

deadline.com:

EXCLUSIVE: BBC Director General Tim Davie has acknowledged “antisemitic behavior by people who worked with us” in an all-staff note that attempts to rebuild relations with Jewish staffers.

Davie’s email this afternoon, seen by Deadline, said “there can be no place at the BBC for racist abuse of any kind, whether towards our Jewish colleagues or indeed colleagues from any background or belief,” as he acknowledged for the first time certain high-profile incidences that have taken place in the past few weeks.

Read the email in full below. Deadline recently revealed that a senior BBC schedule co-ordinator, Dawn Queva, had faced disciplinary action over a string of antisemitic Facebook posts in which she referred to the “holohoax” and peddled extreme conspiracy theories, and she has since left the business.

Soon after, relations with Jewish staffers were characterized by some as hitting all-time lows after an Apprentice contestant, Dr Asif Munaf, had to be given diversity training following antisemitic posts but continued to tweet.