Complaint
In connection with the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, the presenter referred to 鈥渁 rampage of rape鈥.聽 A listener complained that allegations of the use of sexual violence by Hamas had no basis in fact.聽 The ECU considered the complaint in the light of the 大象传媒鈥檚 editorial standards of accuracy.
Outcome
The presenter spoke of 鈥渁 rampage of rape and murder鈥.聽 The ECU considered this duly accurate in a context where it was not in dispute that Hamas had killed many Israelis and at a time when evidence of sexual violence, gathered by the 大象传媒鈥檚 own journalists among others, was accumulating.
Not upheld