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International editor says he doesn't 'feel particularly bad about' his inaccuracies

BBC’s international editor Jeremy Bowen admits he ‘got it wrong’ in his coverage saying the Gaza Al-Alhi hospital was "flattened" (it was never even bombed), but still said he “doesn’t regret one thing” about his reporting and doesn't feel particularly bad.

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[-] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

He didn't blame the attach on Israel. He did say it had been flattened.

[-] DarkGamer@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

His claim of it being flattened caused the BBC to report that it was likely Israel who did it because they were the only ones who had ordinance powerful enough to level a hospital:

In the first story about the hospital on the BBC on Oct 17, correspondent Jon Donnison suggested Israel was behind the blast. Speaking shortly after 8pm on BBC News, he said: “It’s hard to see what else this could be, really, given the size of the explosion, other than an Israeli airstrike or several airstrikes.”

[-] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So you agree that he did not say that IDF were to blame?

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