Shame on BBC

BBC has now received more than 20,000 complaints for not showing the DEC Gaza appeal. The appeal is from the British Disasters Emergency Committee - made up of the 13 biggest aid charities, including the British Red Cross, Save the Children and Oxfam - which said that "the devastation wrought in the Gazan territory was so huge that British aid agencies were compelled to act." More than 100 British MPs from all parties have signed a motion criticising the BBC and Sky News for refusing to show the appeal.

To make a complaint to BBC is easy. Just log on to the BBC complaint website. BBC's reason was on impartiality grounds not to risk giving the public the impression that the BBC was taking sides in an ongoing conflict. But people are suffering terribly in Gaza and need help. More than 1,300 Palestinians killed. More than 4,000 buildings destroyed in Gaza, more than 20,000 severely damaged. Tens of thousands of Gazans homeless.

The Sky News is owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation (no second guess of his background).

Money raised by DEC are usually huge. Here are previous DEC Appeals :
South Asia Quake Appeal (£59m), Niger Crisis Appeal (£32m), Tsunami Appeal (£372m), Sudan Crisis Appeal (£35m), Liberia Appeal (£2.5m), Southern Africa Crisis (£16m)and Goma Crisis Appeal (£4.65m).