BBC rejects accusations of being “institutionally antisemitic”

RELIGIONS NEWS AGENCY (REDNA) – Two senior BBC executives have refuted accusations that the broadcaster is “institutionally antisemitic”.

Speaking at an event organised by the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) at the South Hampstead Synagogue, David Jordan, BBC Director of Editorial Policy and Standards, said if he thought that was true, he would not be working for the Corporation. Jewish News describes how Jordan and Rhodri Talfan Davies, the Director of Nations at the BBC, faced a hostile and heckling crowd during the evening.

Numerous complaints were put to the men and the audience also did not accept “neutrality” as the reason for the BBC not using the word “terrorist” to describe the Hamas attackers.