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    Open letter accuses BBC board member of having a conflict of interest on Gaza

    (www.theguardian.com)
    524 points mhga | 11 comments | 08 Jul 25 02:18 UTC | HN request time: 1.369s | source | bottom
    1. MangoToupe ◴[08 Jul 25 03:00 UTC] No.44496558[source]▶
    I'm not sure who owen jones is or why this is relevant. Are you saying the letter is fake?
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    2. tareqak ◴[08 Jul 25 03:04 UTC] No.44496573[source]▶
    From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Jones

    > Owen Jones (born 8 August 1984)[2] is a left-wing British newspaper columnist, commentator, journalist, author and political activist.[3][4][5][6]

    > He writes a column for The Guardian and contributes to the New Statesman, Tribune, and The National[7] and was previously a columnist for The Independent. He has two weekly web series, The Owen Jones Show and The Owen Jones Podcast.

    3. totetsu ◴[08 Jul 25 03:07 UTC] No.44496591[source]▶
    Owen Jones is a UK political commentator and activist who reaches a large audience via Youtube etc. He has covered the latest Israel Palestinian war extensively and continuously from the start. is that a fair summary?
    4. myth_drannon ◴[08 Jul 25 03:19 UTC] No.44496663[source]▶
    [flagged]
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    5. umanwizard ◴[08 Jul 25 03:48 UTC] No.44496882[source]▶
    Joanne Rowling, better known by her pseudonym J. K. Rowling. No letter s in either version.
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    6. burnt-resistor ◴[09 Jul 25 08:40 UTC] No.44507624[source]▶
    Tab completion, your majesty. Talk to Apple and Google.
    7. burnt-resistor ◴[09 Jul 25 08:43 UTC] No.44507647[source]▶
    The original URL was https://www.owenjones.news/p/bbc-staff-were-forced-to-do-pro...
    8. tomhow ◴[09 Jul 25 12:28 UTC] No.44509219{3}[source]▶
    You can't comment like this on HN, no matter what it's about.

    https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

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    9. myth_drannon ◴[09 Jul 25 13:23 UTC] No.44509756{4}[source]▶
    The parent submission is off-topic and spreads Jew hatred (attack on a person because Robbie Gibb is Jew and should be removed from board, similar to Columbia University president Claire Shipman comments). As someone who's grandparents experienced similar attacks during Stalinism because they were Jewish aka "zionists", this is extremely scary and totalitarian.

    I just don't understand how this is allowed.

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    10. pvg ◴[09 Jul 25 15:28 UTC] No.44511276{5}[source]▶
    experienced similar attacks

    That's a very good reason not to reach for dehumanizing tropes like 'vile scum' on HN or really anywhere else.

    11. tomhow ◴[09 Jul 25 23:39 UTC] No.44515827{5}[source]▶
    I agree the thread is a trainwreck and we let it fall off the front page due to all the toxicity. We'll go through and ensure all the guidelines breaches are flagged and see if further action needs to be taken against other users. This is standard moderation but it takes time.

    We need everyone to hold themselves to a high standard if they expect us to hold others to a high standard.