Opinion Illustrative. Photo: Dan Taylor / Wikimedia Commons Despite a commitment to accuracy in its editorial guidelines , the BBC’s June 11 report on a British Labour Party politician who compared Israel to Nazi Germany demonstrated a complete disregard for this guiding journalistic principle. Mohammed Iqbal, a local councilor in Lancashire, was suspended by Labour over the remark that he made after bringing forward an emergency resolution to fly the Palestinian flag above the town hall following the death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh . As reported by several media outlets, Iqbal wrongly accused Israel of carrying out...
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