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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: 0.21s | 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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repeekad ◴[08 Jul 25 03:04 UTC] No.44496576[source]▶
I don’t think the country of Israel is explicitly doing the manipulating, I think one country’s allies are just statistically richer and more influential than the other
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engine_y ◴[08 Jul 25 03:06 UTC] No.44496587[source]▶
Like Qatar?
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aaomidi ◴[08 Jul 25 03:13 UTC] No.44496618[source]▶
Qatar's riches are not that _unique_. It's just oil. It's a commodity.
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aianus ◴[08 Jul 25 03:59 UTC] No.44496937[source]▶
Qatar sells natural gas not oil
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1. aaomidi ◴[08 Jul 25 09:29 UTC] No.44498445[source]▶
Same idea