BBC Director General Acknowledges “Antisemitic Behaviour By People Who Worked With Us” In All-Staff Note That Seeks To Rebuild Relations
16.02.2024 - 17:19
/ deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: BBC Director General Tim Davie has acknowledged “antisemitic behavior by people who worked with us” in an all-staff note that attempts to rebuild relations with Jewish staffers.
Davie’s email this afternoon, seen by Deadline, said “there can be no place at the BBC for racist abuse of any kind, whether towards our Jewish colleagues or indeed colleagues from any background or belief,” as he acknowledged for the first time certain high-profile incidences that have taken place in the past few weeks. Read the email in full below.
Deadline recently revealed that a senior BBC schedule co-ordinator, Dawn Queva, had faced disciplinary action over a string of antisemitic Facebook posts in which she referred to the “holohoax” and peddled extreme conspiracy theories, and she has since left the business. Soon after, relations with Jewish staffers were characterized by some as hitting all-time lows after an Apprentice contestant, Dr Asif Munaf, had to be given diversity training following antisemitic posts but continued to tweet. To staffers’ dismay, he recorded scenes for the You’re Fired companion show over the weekend but these scenes were cut following a backlash.
Davie wrote today: “As many of you may have seen, sadly in recent weeks we have been alerted to some antisemitic behaviour by people who worked with us. I want to be clear that there can be no place at the BBC for racist abuse of any kind, whether towards our Jewish colleagues or indeed colleagues from any background or belief. Any form of antisemitism, Islamophobia or racist abuse is abhorrent, and we will always act whenever it occurs. We must play our role to build understanding and tolerance.”
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