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January 26, 2009

BBC & Sky News Refuse to Broadcast Appeal for Victims of Gaza War
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And in Britain, Sky News has joined the BBC in refusing to broadcast an
emergency humanitarian appeal for victims of the war in Gaza. The appeal
was organized by Oxfam, Save the Children, the Red Cross and other
charities. The networks claim the two-minute appeal would compromise
their impartiality. More than fifty British MPs have called on the BBC
to reverse its decision. Critics of the BBC have included former
parliamentarian Tony Benn.

Tony Benn: “If the BBC doesn’t broadcast it, people will die in Gaza,
because they haven’t got the aid that would have come from an appeal…And
the BBC will change. I have no doubt that will happen. And that’s what
public pressure can do. Never, ever underestimate the power of
determined people, if their cause is right.”



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