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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 | 2 comments | 08 Jul 25 02:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.48s | 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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Aeolun ◴[08 Jul 25 03:51 UTC] No.44496897[source]▶
How is it possible they influence so much of what happens in western politics, or at least how whole nations respond to their genocidal war anyway?
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1. esseph ◴[08 Jul 25 05:01 UTC] No.44497234[source]▶
Many US states actually have laws on the books that prohibits anybody that works with or I think event contracts with the state gov from "discrimination against Israel", in various forms, etc, depending on the particular state.

To my knowledge, no US state has any other sort of legal recognition of any other foreign government/state.

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2. bigyabai ◴[08 Jul 25 05:07 UTC] No.44497268[source]▶
Further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-BDS_laws