International editor says he doesn’t ‘feel particularly bad about’ his inaccuracies

BBC’s international editor Jeremy Bowen admits he ‘got it wrong’ in his coverage saying the Gaza Al-Alhi hospital was “flattened” (it was never even bombed), but still said he “doesn’t regret one thing” about his reporting and doesn’t feel particularly bad.

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    11 months ago

    Appreciate the back and forth.

    Likewise. Thank you for making me think - I’m still pondering now.

    Edit: If you want to see the source interview with Bowen, it’s quite interesting. It’s hear https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0gts7c1/behind-the-stories-on-the-front-line-jeremy-bowen - start at 14:30.

    He’s asked if he regrets anything he said that evening and he says no - then he’s challenged on the “flattened” comment and he says “Oh yeh - well, I got that wrong. I was looking at the pictures … and that was my conclusion looking at the pictures and I was wrong on that”.

    He basically comes across as pissed off that the Israeli’s wont open the borders so that reporters can observe directly. But yes - he should have started with “that was a cockup on my part”