Complaint
A viewer complained the 大象传媒鈥檚 International Editor Jeremy Bowen had suggested the conflict in Gaza could be classed as genocide. 聽The ECU considered whether the broadcast met the editorial standards for impartiality set out in the 大象传媒 Editorial Guidelines.
Outcome
The interview with Mr Bowen was part of the programme鈥檚 coverage of a speech by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a joint session of US Congress. His analysis included the following remark:
Yes the world according to Netanyahu, he said barbarism versus civilisation, but of course don鈥檛 forget outside there were all those protestors and in other places round the world saying no, you are talking about the killing of civilians and perhaps even genocide
The ECU considered it was clear from this that Mr Bowen was not offering his own view on the nature of the war in Gaza but attributing the thought that it might be genocide to the protestors outside Congress and elsewhere.
Not Upheld