EXCLUSIVE: Mohamed Shalaby was an frequent BBC contract worker for seven years before his most recent assignment ended abruptly last month. Shalaby was embedded at BBC Verify, the flagship fact-checking initiative, tasked with verifying footage of unspeakable horrors from Gaza. Images of dismembered children are burned into his brain. On August 10, Shalaby was at…
EXCLUSIVE: British culture secretary Lisa Nandy’s repeated attacks on BBC boss Tim Davie have sparked concern about the national broadcaster’s independence, with a Deadline analysis revealing the frequency of her interventions when compared with Conservative predecessors. Nandy, who was appointed culture secretary by Prime Minister Keir Starmer last July, has savaged the BBC over editorial…
EXCLUSIVE: BBC employees openly revolted about the UK national broadcaster’s Gaza coverage during an all-staff meeting earlier this month, per leaked messages seen by Deadline. Tim Davie, the BBC’s director general, hosted an “ask me anything” event with employees in June, during which he was grilled about editorial decisions relating to the Israel-Hamas conflict. Four…