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

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523 points mhga | 1 comments | 08 Jul 25 02:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.682s | source
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jaek ◴[08 Jul 25 02:55 UTC] No.44496540[source]▶
Sadly it seems like this is indicative of a broader trend in Public Broadcast in the west. In Australia we've seen similar internal criticism of the ABC of an anti-palestinian bias in reporting[1].

It's deeply concerning that these publicly funded media outlets are being co-opted and manipulated by a foreign power.

[1]https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/26/australias-abc-staf...

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strathmeyer[dead post] ◴[08 Jul 25 03:19 UTC] No.44496661[source]▶
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gruez ◴[08 Jul 25 03:21 UTC] No.44496683[source]▶
>Wanting Israel to exist because the world has shown it will not allow Jews to be safe anywhere else does not make someone manipulated by a foreign power.

Is this an alt account? This is basically the exact wording as another comment flagged minutes ago.

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1. crystal_revenge ◴[08 Jul 25 03:39 UTC] No.44496825[source]▶
You're seeing what you see all over the web: (badly imho) organized attempted to control public opinion. It's no different than the "50 cent army"[0] commentators and just as obvious to anyone paying attention. These are standard talking points regurgitated ad nauseam anytime certain topics come up. It was always inevitable that social media would devolve into this, but still sad to see it happen in so many places.

0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party