At its worst it was infuriating. At its best BBC Newsnight exposed corruption and incompetence.
The only possible explanation for this otherwise incomprehensible decision is that the exposés embarrassed people close to @BBC senior apparatchics
Dumbing it down reveals @BBC decline

. BBC Newsnight is sometimes infuriating but at its best it does the digging down into corruption and incompetence that is essential.
Have their exposures offended friends of senior BBC apparatchics which is the only possible reason for this otherwise incomprehensible decision

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#genocide is not only a crime it's also very profitable
#BDS

Jon Stewart checks in on the war in Gaza and interrogates how America's purported values stack up against its support of Israel.
youtu.be/RkwgnlPRdHg?t=…

BREAKING: More disruptions of USAID’s Samantha Power’s afternoon testimony in the House.

“Over 14,000 children are dead because you are bribed!”

Is there a demonic section of LinkedIn where sociopaths can post their CVs and the Post Office can trawl for candidates to run their [deny in every way you can] subpostmaster compensation scheme
#horizonScandal

Recent events are crucial to understanding Palestinian society in Gaza. Israel has attempted to engage with families and tribes to facilitate the distribution of aid and local governance in Gaza. While the Western world advocates for the rule of law and democracy(they literally…

Israel’s rules of engagement seem looser than ever – if they are followed at all

The deaths of seven aid workers add credence to allegations by observers that commanders on the ground in Gaza may ‘do as they please’
theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…
Gaza is a rule free free-fire zone

Passing the buck has already started
Israeli Army Sources: Gaza Aid Workers Killed Because 'IDF Officers on the Ground Do What They Want'
'every commander sets the rules for himself'
archive.ph/MNPUK#selectio…
But they do it within a culture set from the top

For once the Israelis are going to have to conduct an investigation, they often promise one into their crimes but we've never seen any reports published
We're willing to bet a beigel and a falafel that no-one above the rank of major will be blamed
theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Manchester venue cancels Palestinian event due to 'recent publicity' and safety concerns
HOME said the concern for safety of staff, customers and audiences was 'paramount manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/manch…
Who was threatening the Palestine supporters and staff?
What are the police doing?

Joint Caabu and War on Want online briefing: Tackling the severe escalation in torture of Palestinians, including children, with Addameer and Defence for Children International-Palestine
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

‘Famine is setting in’: UN court orders Israel to unblock Gaza food aid

Judges issue unanimous decision and say Palestinians are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance
#noGeocideHere
theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

From our pockets to their wallets

Well knock me down with a feather

As brutal war rages and famine looms, look at pictures of Gaza and keep saying: ‘this is not normal’
Nesrine Malik

Of all the threats to those suffering, one of the most frightening is that we tire – and their plight becomes background noise
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Good luck Michael. Preston and the rest of us need people like you

New data challenge assumptions about campus antisemitism.
It confirms much earlier research that antisemitism is far more pronounced on the right than the left and that most who support Palestinian rights are not antisemitic
mailchi.mp/forward/introd…

Flag shaggers furious England football shirt has a gay cross
All you need to know about why a multicoloured St George's cross is a thing to get agitated about like Starmer, or not like the rest of us
normalisland.co.uk/p/flag-shagger…