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To my mind and, it appears, to millions of others, the BBC is increasingly biased towards Israel in this conflict

Actor Tam Dean Burn on why the BBC has it all wrong on the Gaza appealThe Sunday Herald, 1 February 2009 TO QUOTE the late Harry Horse in his cartoon in the Sunday Herald almost exactly three years ago: “Now that Orwell is beamed nightly into our democratic living rooms” (January 15, 2006). Rarely can…

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Scottish actors boycott the BBC

Open Letter to the BBC from Tam Dean Burn, 26 January 2009 Mark Thompson Director general of the BBC   Dear Mark Thompson We, the undersigned actors and directors, like millions of others, are absolutely appalled at the decision by the BBC to refuse to broadcast the DEC appeal for Gaza. We therefore are taking…

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Scottish protestors occupy BBC HQ

Don’t just Protest, Occupy to END Israeli Occupation & Siege (Photos by Gareth Harper) 200 protesters demonstrated outside the BBC studios in Glasgow against the decision by the BBC not to air a Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) crisis appeal for the people of Gaza.  At around 5pm the protesters managed to gain access to the…

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BBC refuses to air Gaza Appeal

Donate to the Disasters Emergency Committee Appeal for Gaza here Complain to the BBC here Phone 03700 100 222 and press 3 to be put through to the complaints department 24th Jan 2009 Once considered by some to be a beacon of impartiality among a sea of commercial television broadcasters overly-concerned about the interests of…

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