16 July 2025, 13:55

By Leo Pearlman

The broadcaster never seems to learn.

So there we have it. After being kept waiting for far too long, the BBC has finally released the results of the Peter Johnston investigation into “Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone.” And, as expected, it reads more like a press release than a reckoning. A tepid, toothless review that avoids accountability, dodges responsibility, and whitewashes what has been one of the clearest breaches of editorial standards in recent BBC history.

Let’s not forget what we’re talking about here. A documentary framed around the eyes of a child, narrated by the son of a senior Hamas member, with no context, no balance, and no acknowledgment of the events that led to the current war, namely, the barbaric October 7th massacre, torture, rape and kidnapping by Hamas of over 1400 innocent men, women and children in Israel. This wasn’t some accidental slip or technical misjudgment. This was a deliberate editorial decision, packaged as a human-interest story, that chose propaganda over impartiality and trauma over truth.

Ofcom, thankfully, isn’t buying the BBC’s whitewash. In a statement released today, the regulator announced it would be launching its own investigation under its rule that........

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