Donald Trump has accused the BBC of taking Hamas’s word as “total truth” in a fresh attack on the broadcaster.
Speaking on behalf of the US President, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt criticised the BBC for repeatedly correcting its reporting from the territory about aid distribution.
The 27-year-old addressed members of the press after the aid distribution controlled by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a new US and Israel-backed organisation, resulted in conflict after Palestinians overran it on three separate occasions.
This criticism is not the first time the BBC has been accused of presenting bias against Israel.
Donald Trump has accused the BBC of taking Hamas’s word as 'total truth' in a fresh attack on the broadcaster
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The British Broadcaster had to apologise for "serious flaws" in the production of a controversial Gaza documentary after it emerged one of the film's key contributors was the son of a senior Hamas official.
During the conversational documentary, the broadcaster refused to refer to Hamas as terrorists, instead describing members of the group as militants, despite the official UK categorisation.
The BBC has repeatedly denied the claims made by the White House and said it stood by its reporting.
During a briefing on Tuesday, Levitt said: "Unfortunately, unlike some in the media, we don’t take the word of Hamas as total truth. We like to look into it when they speak … unlike the BBC."
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt criticised the BBC for repeatedly correcting its reporting from the territory about aid distribution
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The press secretary waved paper printouts of the stories published on the BBC website on Monday and claimed how the headlines changed from claiming an Israeli tank had killed 26 people, to 21 people, to gunfire killing 31.
She added: “And then, oh, wait, they had to correct and take down their entire story, saying we reviewed the footage and couldn’t find any evidence of anything."
“So we’re going to look into reports before we confirm them from this podium or before we take action.
"And I suggest that journalists who actually care about truth do the same to reduce the amount of misinformation that’s going around the globe.”
The BBC allegedly changed their headline five times, changing the number of casualties each time.
The broadcaster separately published a BBC Verify report in which it said a widely-circulated video believed to be captured in the aftermath of the shooting at the aid point was taken at a different location at a different time
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The final version of the story remains on the BBC website, citing the death toll as 21.
The broadcaster separately published a BBC Verify report in which it said a widely-circulated video believed to be captured in the aftermath of the shooting at the aid point was taken at a different location at a different time.
A BBC spokesman said: “The claim the BBC took down a story after reviewing footage is completely wrong.
"We did not remove any story and we stand by our journalism. Our news stories and headlines about Sunday’s aid distribution centre incident were updated throughout the day with the latest fatality figures as they came in from various sources.
"These were always clearly attributed, from the first figure of 15 from medics, through the 31 killed from the Hamas-run health ministry to the final Red Cross statement of ‘at least 21’ at their field hospital.
"This is totally normal practice on any fast-moving news story."
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