Because Competence Is Just For The 'Little People'

The stories told in the controversial BBC documentary Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone still need to be aired, according to a co-director of the film, despite the “serious mistake” he acknowledges it made.

Some ‘mistake’. Let me remind you what that was: 

In his first interview since the corporation pulled the programme after it emerged its then 13-year-old narrator was the son of a Hamas official, Jamie Roberts apologised for the part his independent production company, Hoyo Films, played in the controversy and said he regretted that it “upset a lot of people”.

Not regretted it as the unconscionable error it was, regretted what people felt about it. A very modern ‘apology’…

Speaking ahead of his new Channel 4 immigration documentary England ‘Til I Die, the Bafta and Emmy award-winning producer said Hoyo had “learned from” the mistake it made and “changed to improve things” by focusing on its editorial procedures to “make sure that never happens again”.

Again. Who’d ever employ someone like this ever again? Well, it appears Channel 4 will....

Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone aired last February and was narrated by a Palestinian boy called Abdullah – one of four contributors living in Gaza’s so-called “safe zone”. However, after details of Abdullah’s father’s employment became public, the film was removed from BBC iPlayer and the corporation ordered a review. That revealed last July that the programme breached accuracy guidelines. Hoyo had not “intentionally misled” the BBC about Abdullah’s father’s position, which it believed was “a civilian or technocratic position”, but did not inform the corporation about it. It concluded the BBC also bore responsibility for leaving some questions unanswered.

And now, despite that, he’s at it again. This time banging another progressive drum. If this one has flaws, Channel 4 can't say they weren't warned:

Hoyo’s first major project since Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone is on another controversial subject. England ‘Til I Die involves Roberts following anti-immigration supporters – filming protests, intimidation and violence in English towns.Roberts said England ‘Til I Die was an attempt to understand why the issue had escalated, most recently with the rise of balaclava-clad far-right protesters.

We all know why the situation has escalated.  And we won't get any documentary produced by this hack to tell us the truth.