The BBC has censured its own staff for calling Hamas a “terror group”. The corporation’s executive complaints unit (ECU) ruled it was wrong for one of its presenters to call the Islamists a “terror group” in a broadcast on June 15. It said that its rolling news channel had strayed from editorial guidelines by using the phrase. The ECU said the BBC does not brand organisations as “terror” or “terrorist” groups for reasons of “due accuracy and impartiality” and instead reports that they are designated as such by third parties. The incident was “reported to the management of BBC News...
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