I have made a formal complaint to the BBC which you can through their site and I recommend others to do so to. I labelled it as factual inaccuracy and written the following:
In a statement about Bob Vylan at Glastonbury it was stated: ‘The antisemitic sentiments expressed by Bob Vylan were utterly unacceptable and have no place on our airwaves.’
Nothing they said were antisemitic. Being critical of governing state’s military killing innocent people is not the same as hating an ethnic group. This is slander to pose it as such and I am appalled at the BBC for thinking it should be. As well as thinking that such criticisms should not be live on air.
Being critical of Israel as a state is not the same as hating Jewish people as an ethnicity. Thus NOT antisemitic. It is anti-zionist at best if you are searching for a more valid label.
The BBC are meant to be impartial but this statement shows otherwise to the highest order.
I have made a formal complaint to the BBC which you can through their site and I recommend others to do so to. I labelled it as factual inaccuracy and written the following:
Great work. Mass complains is how the Israel lobby supposedly gets their way.
For others, put in a complaint if you can https://www.bbc.co.uk/contact/complaints/make-a-complaint/#/Complaint Summary