BBC defends Gaza flotilla attack documentary http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yclgYBte1oA

The BBC was condemned as biased by observers last year after it aired a documentary, which purported to investigate what took place on the Mavi Marmara. The aid ship was part of a larger flotilla heading to Gaza in May last year, which was attacked by the Israeli military, leaving nine passengers dead. The Israeli military gave the BBC special access to its commandos. But critics of the BBC's documentary say it served to whitewash what took place, reflecting a wider pro-Israel bias in the corporation's coverage.And complainants say it's difficult to bring the BBC to account.

Unlike all other broadcasters in the UK, the BBC isn't regulated by the government media watchdog OFCOM. Instead, it regulates itself through a body called the BBC trust. And the BBC trust says that, overall, the programme was both accurate and impartial.The trust's investigation into the programme did however find fault on three points. The programme failed to provide enough detail on how the nine aid workers died - the UN report on the matter describes at least six of the deaths as executions, which Israel has denied.The programme also failed to mention the allegations of mistreatment made against Israel by the injured, and didn't fully describe the aid onboard the flotilla, while dismissing its medicine as useless.

Complaints that the programme had misrepresented the humanitarian situation in Gaza, misrepresented the humanitarian aims of the flotilla, downplayed the ferocity of the Israeli attack, ignored pronouncements that the raid on the flotilla and the blockade of Gaza were and are illegal, as well as many more arguments alleging the programme was skewed in favour of Israel were dismissed by the BBC Trust.A second freedom flotilla is due to set sail for Gaza in the coming months. Israel has warned it may again use force to prevent it from breaking the blockade around Gaza.

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