BBC Gaza Documentary a 'Serious' Breach of Rules, Ofcom Says

BBC sanctioned for failing to disclose Gaza documentary narrator’s ties to Hamas

LONDON (AP) -- Britain's media regulator sanctioned the BBC on Friday for a "materially misleading" documentary on the lives of children in Gaza because it failed to disclose that the father of the teen narrator held a position in the Hamas administration.

BBC Gaza documentary breached broadcasting code, Ofcom finds

Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone featured narration from a boy whose father has worked as Hamas's deputy minister of agriculture.

BBC Sanctioned Over “Materially Misleading” ‘Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone’ Film

The BBC will be forced to broadcast a statement live on television after UK media regulator Ofcom ruled that Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone was “materially misleading.” The BBC has already acknowledged that it was a serious editorial failing that the documentary, which premiered on February 17, was narrated by the child of a Hamas minister, without this fact being declared to audiences. Now Ofcom has determined that it broke UK broadcasting ru…

BBC sanctioned over controversial Gaza documentary

Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has sanctioned the BBC for breaching the Broadcasting Code in its Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone documentary after the corporation failed to disclose a narrator’s links to Hamas.

BBC Doc ‘Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone’ Broke Broadcasting Rules by Being ‘Materially Misleading,’ U.K. Regulator Ofcom Says

Britain’s media regulator Ofcom has found that the BBC documentary “Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone” broke broadcasting rules by “materially misleading” audiences, concluding a months-long investigation that began after the controversial program was pulled from BBC iPlayer in February. The ruling, announced Friday, found what Ofcom described as a “serious breach” of its rules and will require the BBC to broadcast a statement of Ofcom’s findings…

BBC Gaza documentary a 'serious' breach of rules, Ofcom says

The regulator says the documentary, broadcast earlier this year, was "materially misleading".