More than 400 media figures urge BBC board to remove Robbie Gibb over Gaza
by Tara Conlan from World news | The Guardian on (#6YCAS)
Miriam Margolyes, Alexei Sayle and Mike Leigh among signatories to letter criticising Jewish Chronicle ties
More than 400 stars and media figures including Miriam Margolyes, Alexei Sayle, Juliet Stevenson and Mike Leigh have signed a letter to BBC management calling for the removal of a board member, Robbie Gibb, over claims of conflict of interest regarding the Middle East.
The signatories also include 111 BBC journalists and Zawe Ashton, Khalid Abdalla, Shola Mos-Shogbamimu and the historian William Dalrymple, who express concerns over opaque editorial decisions and censorship at the BBC on the reporting of Israel/Palestine".
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