BBC accused of ‘gaslighting’ Jewish staff over antisemitism complaints

The BBC has been accused of “gaslighting” a group of more than 200 of its Jewish staff, contributors and suppliers over the handling of detailed complaints about antisemitism at the corporation.

The group’s complaints included a letter to the BBC chair, Samir Shah, calling for an investigation into what it warned could amount to a “serious institutional racism problem”.

The letter, first reported by Deadline and published by Variety, cited social media posts on the Israel-Gaza conflict, including those by the Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker, the Apprentice contestant Asif Munaf and others by BBC Arabic staff.