Saturday 24 January 2009
Channel 4, Channel 5 & ITV reverse DEC decision.
FOSIS welcomes the decision by channels 4, 5 and ITV to broadcast the DEC Gaza appeal. The humanitarian disaster in Gaza is ever worsening and this decision will allow the DEC to raise the required amounts of money. We hope that the BBC will follow suit and reverse its decision, which could leave the DEC with significant shortfalls.
Urgent Action Alert - Please complain against the BBC's decision to not air the DEC fund raising appeal for Gaza
FOSIS urges all people of conscious to complain to the BBC regarding its decision
to not air the Disaster Emergency Committees appeal for Gaza.
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The BBC has refused to air a DEC TV fund-raising appeal for Gaza – saying it wanted to avoid compromising public confidence in its impartiality. The DEC is an umbrella organization that represents a number of aid agencies including ActionAid, the Red Cross, Cafod, Islamic Relief and Save the Children. These organisations have always been apolitical in their work and are simply attempting to deliver urgent, life-saving humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza.
Please complain to the BBC at : http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints
Below is a sample letter you can use as either an email or a letter.
...................
Dear Mark Thompson,
As a TV license payer, I am shocked and appalled at
the BBC's decision to refuse air time to the DEC's Gaza Appeal,
claiming its decision was based on its attempt to 'avoid compromising
public confidence in its impartiality' .
The DEC as an umbrella organization has always been an apolitical
organisation that concentrates solely on humanitarian disasters. The
DEC is not proposing to rebuild Gaza (which should clearly be paid for by Israel) but rather is aiming to deliver urgent, life-saving humanitarian aid. Once again the organisations involved with DEC are apolitical and the appeal is a response to humanitarian principles.
I fail to understand why the BBC is prepared to air appeals for humanitarian
crises in Burma and the Congo, but not Gaza. Why is delivering life saving
aid to Palestinians a political act and life saving aid to the Burmese an
apolitical act? In essence, the BBC appears to be stating that saving the
lives of Palestinians is political? This position is utterly shocking and
immoral. In fact by refusing to air the DEC appeal, the BBC rather
than remaining impartial has taken a very clear stance.
I urge you, for the sake of the BBC's reputation to urgently reconsider your position before more lives are lost. Please write to me explaining why saving the lives of Palestinians is a 'political' act and saving the lives of other people in need is a
'humanitarian' act?
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely,
to not air the Disaster Emergency Committees appeal for Gaza.
................................
The BBC has refused to air a DEC TV fund-raising appeal for Gaza – saying it wanted to avoid compromising public confidence in its impartiality. The DEC is an umbrella organization that represents a number of aid agencies including ActionAid, the Red Cross, Cafod, Islamic Relief and Save the Children. These organisations have always been apolitical in their work and are simply attempting to deliver urgent, life-saving humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza.
Please complain to the BBC at : http://www.bbc.co.uk/complaints
Below is a sample letter you can use as either an email or a letter.
...................
Dear Mark Thompson,
As a TV license payer, I am shocked and appalled at
the BBC's decision to refuse air time to the DEC's Gaza Appeal,
claiming its decision was based on its attempt to 'avoid compromising
public confidence in its impartiality' .
The DEC as an umbrella organization has always been an apolitical
organisation that concentrates solely on humanitarian disasters. The
DEC is not proposing to rebuild Gaza (which should clearly be paid for by Israel) but rather is aiming to deliver urgent, life-saving humanitarian aid. Once again the organisations involved with DEC are apolitical and the appeal is a response to humanitarian principles.
I fail to understand why the BBC is prepared to air appeals for humanitarian
crises in Burma and the Congo, but not Gaza. Why is delivering life saving
aid to Palestinians a political act and life saving aid to the Burmese an
apolitical act? In essence, the BBC appears to be stating that saving the
lives of Palestinians is political? This position is utterly shocking and
immoral. In fact by refusing to air the DEC appeal, the BBC rather
than remaining impartial has taken a very clear stance.
I urge you, for the sake of the BBC's reputation to urgently reconsider your position before more lives are lost. Please write to me explaining why saving the lives of Palestinians is a 'political' act and saving the lives of other people in need is a
'humanitarian' act?
I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely,
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