US EditionBBC apologises after Holocaust Memorial Day report omits Jews
BBC apologised after failing to explicitly name six million Jewish victims in Holocaust Memorial Day coverage, a mistake described as Holocaust distortion by campaigners and officials.
- On Tuesday night, the BBC apologised after Holocaust Memorial Day coverage omitted mentioning six million Jewish people and said it will issue a correction on its website.
- Jon Kay introduced the BBC Breakfast report on Tuesday as `for remembering the six million people` without specifying they were Jewish, while Campaign for Media Standards accused the BBC of using the same script all day.
- On the BBC's website and at Buckingham Palace, coverage referred to the six million Jewish people, while Lord Pickles called the omission an unambiguous example of Holocaust distortion and Danny Cohen deemed it a new low point.
- Amid wider coverage disputes, critics and campaign groups said the omission was hurtful, disrespectful, and risked obfuscating Jewish victims on Holocaust Memorial Day amid rising antisemitism.
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BBC apologizes after ‘incorrectly worded’ Holocaust Memorial Day coverage intro blasted as ‘absolute disgrace’
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) apologizes after it failed to mention "Jewish people" when introducing coverage of Holocaust Memorial Day.
BBC apologizes for failing to mention Jews in Holocaust Memorial Day broadcasts
The British state broadcaster, which referred to 'the six million people murdered by the Nazi regime over 80 years ago,' accused of Holocaust distortion by former head of U.K. antisemitism watchdog
BBC Faces Backlash for Omitting Jews from its Holocaust Coverage
The publicly funded BBC was criticized for its multiple broadcasts on Tuesday, January 27th—Holocaust Remembrance Day—which erased the Jewish identity of the six million victims of the Holocaust. A seven-minute report on BBC Breakfast and segments on Radio 4 referred only to “six million people” killed, without mentioning Jews or antisemitism. Later corrections described the victims as “mainly Jewish,” but at least four presenters initially fail…
BBC Apologizes For Omitting Jewishness Of Holocaust Victims In Holocaust Memorial Coverage
NEW YORK (VINnews) — The BBC apologized on Tuesday night after its coverage of Holocaust Memorial Day failed on several occasions to explicitly mention Jews as the victims of the Holocaust, with the broadcaster describing the omission as “hurtful, disrespectful, and wrong.” Join our WhatsApp group Subscribe to our Daily Roundup Email The report on […]
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