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BBC Forced To Apologise Yet Again

The BBC has been forced into an apology after its coverage of Holocaust Memorial Day omitted the word 'Jews'.The corporation appeared to be avoiding the term as it marked the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on Tuesday, with at least four BBC News presenters opting to say six million 'people' died in the World War Two genocide. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15503001/BBC-apologise-Holocaust-Memorial-Day-Jews.htmlAlso reported in The Telegraph:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/27/bbc-accused-of-ignoring-jews-on-holocaust-memorial-day/Also reported in The Times https://www.thetimes.com/uk/media/article/bbc-breakfast-holocaust-memorial-day-7gr0dqrt8Nick Ferrari was disgusted with the BBC’s omission and after watching the 6 o’clock news and nothing had changed, LBC contacted BBC News directly and pointed out its erroneous news coverage.   The BBC has apologised but only when it was forced.

Sue Hammond ● 24d9 Comments

Ms Bond'British citizens of all creeds and colours are attacked on our streets.  "But not usually attacked by Jews "Violence and racism is not reserved solely for Jews.  Jews are not the only victims although at times they seem to want to be seen to be."Yep; those pesky whiny Jews playing the victim card again".There is also an increasing amount of Islamophobia.  Muslims also get attacked in the streets and in their places of worship."Is there ? Perhaps you can give examples". Suggest you do not reference the claimed attacks on Villa supporters by Haifa Maccabee supporters recently.https://news.sky.com/story/ai-evidence-a-fake-match-and-misleading-mps-what-led-to-the-downfall-of-the-west-midlands-police-chief-goes-beyond-football-13495077'Never Again' should not be just reserved for the Jews but for all peoples who suffer this sort of discrimination, hate, violence and death.  It was not just Jews who suffered in the camps."Just a majority; a mere 6,000,000 of them".Don't forget the West Midlands Chief of Police was sacked for lying to Parliament when he claimed that he had to prevent Jewish Maccabi fans from attacking Villa fans when in fact it was the other way around and the Muslim attackers were defended by their MP Ayoub Khan, the MP for Aston representing the Independent Alliance parliamentary group, with whose members he registered Your Party UK Limited.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c394zlr8e12t'Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood says she has lost confidence in West Midlands Police Chief Constable Craig Guildford, after a "damning" report into the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a match with Aston Villa last yearShe says the force was guilty of "confirmation bias", and that it overplayed the threat posed by Maccabi fans, and underplayed the threat to them in Birmingham. Here's a recap of her Commons statement.Mahmood says she does not have the power to dismiss Guildford - saying it's a matter for the local police and crime commissioner - but the government will reintroduce those powers for the home secretaryThe commissioner says he will follow "due process" and give the matter "careful and detailed consideration"In a new statement on Wednesday evening, West Midlands Police says it is "extremely sorry" for errors, and that "we are taking immediate action"Earlier, Guildford admitted AI was used in a report that led to the Israeli fans' ban - pressed by MPs on two previous occasions, he denied that AI was involved.'

John Hawkes ● 18d

British citizens of all creeds and colours are attacked on our streets.  Violence and racism is not reserved solely for Jews.  Jews are not the only victims although at times they seem to want to be seen to be.  There is also an increasing amount of Islamophobia.  Muslims also get attacked in the streets and in their places of worship.  'Never Again' should not be just reserved for the Jews but for all peoples who suffer this sort of discrimination, hate, violence and death.  It was not just Jews who suffered in the camps.

Philippa Bond ● 18d

Ms Bond'You obviously spend a lot of time looking for information concerning conflicts in the Islamic world'.I agree with you that 'It's the extremists and politicians that cause problems. The majority of people of all religions can and do manage live peaceably together'.But I do not have to spend too much time 'looking for information concerning conflicts in the Islamic world' as it is from this part of the world as a whole that most of the problems of racism and antisemitism are sourced.Be they existential threats towards Israel by Palestinian extremist groups to attacks on British citizens on our streets.Attacks for example against individual Jewish citizens going to their place of worship in Manchester to the bombings and murders that have randomly killed dozens of other Britons in recent years.You  must admit surely that Islamic terrorism is the greatest danger we face today ?

John Hawkes ● 19d

Mr Hawkes. You obviously spend a lot of time looking for information concerning conflicts in the Islamic world so I'm surprised that you haven't looked for and don't know that.  There are different groups within religions that don't agree with esch other.  It's the extremists and politicians that cause problems.  The majority of people of all religions can and do manage live peaceably together.

Philippa Bond ● 20d

Ms Bond'We are all equal in the eyes of God.'But what about in the eyes of Allah and Islam's adherents ?

John Hawkes ● 22d

We are all equal in the eyes of God.

Philippa Bond ● 23d

Many people lost their lives in German captivity because of the appalling conditions in the camps. Tens of thousands of gypsies were also deliberately murdered. But the only group singled out for systematic extermination were the Jews, six million of whom were killed, representing about two thirds of the entire Jewish population of Europe.

Steven Rose ● 23d

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/prisoners-of-the-campsSo in effect what you are saying is that all the other groups of people rounded up, tortured and murdered in the camps are inconsequential?You seem to forget it is as anniversary.

Philippa Bond ● 23d

In my opinion, Sue,  the BBC is institutionally anti-Semitic. The staff, particularly the younger staff, take the view that any reference to the Holocaust might somehow be used to justify Israel's campaign in Gaza, which they viscerally oppose. So they pretend that the victims of Nazi persecution were not Jews in particular but just 'people'. It's a sophisticated form of Holocaust denial.

Steven Rose ● 23d