And Prescott alleged that “ unjustifiable weight” was given to death toll figures provided by the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health, which have previously been shown to be inflated and fail to distinguish between civilian and combatant casualties. Danny Cohen, the former director of BBC Television, called on BBC executives to “hang their heads in shame and resign”. Writing for The Telegraph, he said: “Having made such serious and misleading journalistic errors, BBC executives chose to hide them from the public rather than correct the record. “Protecting the BBC’s reputation came before the duties and principles enshrined in the BBC’s...