Complaint
In connection with the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October 2023, the presenter referred to βa rampage of rapeβ.Β A listener complained that allegations of the use of sexual violence by Hamas had no basis in fact.Β The ECU considered the complaint in the light of the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs editorial standards of accuracy.
Outcome
The presenter spoke of βa rampage of rape and murderβ.Β The ECU considered this duly accurate in a context where it was not in dispute that Hamas had killed many Israelis and at a time when evidence of sexual violence, gathered by the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs own journalists among others, was accumulating.
Not upheld