Geriatric Gardener<p>“Former BBC journalist goes rogue, calling out the broadcaster’s pro-Israel <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bias</span></a>”</p><p>by Ed Sykes in The Canary <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://independent-media.co.uk/@thecanaryuk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thecanaryuk</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bbc/@BBC5Live" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BBC5Live</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bbc/@BBCRadio4" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BBCRadio4</span></a></span> </p><p>Former <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBC</span></a> journalist Karishma <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Patel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Patel</span></a> has called the broadcaster out for refusing to reach ‘reasonable, evidence-based conclusions’ over <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a>’s genocide in Gaza. As a result, she suggested, it has become ‘a vehicle in <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/informational" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>informational</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/warfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>warfare</span></a>’. And that’s why she resigned in 2024”</p><p><a href="https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2025/03/06/bbc-karishma-patel/?__s=1toyfummtp6bhspv4akg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thecanary.co/global/world-anal</span><span class="invisible">ysis/2025/03/06/bbc-karishma-patel/?__s=1toyfummtp6bhspv4akg</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WarCrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WarCrimes</span></a></p>