Ex-BBC content chief loses Telegraph complaint over Gaza doc criticism
Charlotte Moore, pictured giving a speech on 5 March 2025. Picture: David Parry Media Assignments/PA Wire The BBC’s former chief content officer has had a complaint against The Telegraph rejected by IPSO over an article linking her OBE to a Gaza documentary that broke broadcasting rules. Charlotte Moore complained that a Telegraph article headlined: “BBC boss handed OBE despite being blamed for discredited Gaza film” was inaccurate. The piece, published on 30 December 2025, reported that she “bore much of the blame for the Gaza documentary” in reference to the corporation’s film that broke broadcasting rules. The documentary Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone was pulled from iPlayer in 2025 after it emerged that its 13-year-old narrator was the son of a Hamas official in Gaza. The BBC was found to be in “serious breach” of Ofcom’s Broadcasting Code. The article appeared in print and online with the subheading: “Charlotte Moore’s award among several in Honours List that could be accused of rewarding failure”. It added that a group of 45 prominent Jewish journalists and …
