Gary Lineker is criticized for referring to the October 7th attacks as 'the Hamas thing'. David Cameron and others call out the BBC for not labeling Hamas as terrorists. Lineker's comments spark outrage and accusations of falling for Hamas propaganda.
We currently have a BBC presenter called Gary Lineker who referred to these events as “the Hamas thing”. How insulting. https://t.co/nnBVhkz6on
'It’s hard to know how many more babies Hamas would have to behead for the BBC to see them as bad people.' @MrMarkDolan takes the BBC to task for bias, and Gary Lineker's 'offensive' comments about Israel. https://t.co/rl0CvsEY5n
"Gary Lineker is falling for all the Hamas propaganda! Get your backside out of your leftie, elite, echo chamber and get into the real world." Jewish broadcaster Josh Rom says Gary Lineker must be "punished" by the BBC. @andrejpwalker @virtualash @JoshRomOnAir @DrRogerGewolb https://t.co/xEvbId3Moq
✍️ 'The BBC’s reasons for not calling Hamas ‘terrorists’ just don’t stack up' | Writes @MichaelPDeacon https://t.co/0d0DvFYAsM
British Homes for Hamas?! Seriously. Anyone else so thoroughly sick of this ****? https://t.co/EJucmbhXWn
What will it take for the media to call Hamas what they are, TERRORISTS. UK Foreign Secretary of State David Cameron blasts @BBC for failing to do just that. https://t.co/zrmABsGBLm
BBC rejects UK foreign secretary’s call to label Hamas a terrorist group https://t.co/wU9udaZ10S
The BBC shouldn’t be doing it because the Government demands it. The BBC, as an independent broadcaster, should never obey Government demands. It should call Hamas terrorists because they are. What other description would be more accurate? https://t.co/iQypL9BML5
BBC Match Of The Day presenter @garylineker has caused outrage by referring to the 7 Oct atrocities as "a Hamas thing". It's all so trivial Gary, only 1,200 Israeli civilians were murdered. https://t.co/skHOmViNeO
Gary Lineker has fallen for Hamas propaganda. He has condemned the war in Gaza as the worst thing he’s seen in his lifetime. There is no factual basis for this whatsoever. This isn’t humanitarianism – it is useful idiocy, says Jake Wallis Simons https://t.co/UFPv4KYKyC
In an inexplicable interview with internet provocateur Mehdi Hasan about the Gaza war, Gary Lineker skipped over the Hamas atrocities with an almost comical lightness of foot before getting his teeth into Israel. ‘Obviously we all know, you know, 7 October happened’, he said…
UK Foreign Sec. David Cameron rips BBC for not calling Hamas terrorists: ‘What more do they need to do?’ https://t.co/4wGPO9mDwQ https://t.co/W4h5hHuLYW
Ex-British PM Tells BBC News Anchor That The Network Should Call Hamas ‘Terrorists’ https://t.co/iiVTSPDkbN
David Cameron calls out BBC on the air to label Hamas a terrorist group: 'What more do they need to do?' https://t.co/lCwIkVDNKo
Julia Hartley-Brewer furiously blasts Gary Lineker after he referred to the October 7th attacks as ‘the Hamas thing’. “Are you effing kidding me Gary? The Hamas thing! What is he talking about?” @JuliaHB1 https://t.co/M2yGJogpNV