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Is this the first charity appeal ever censored for endangering editorial balance?

Outrage, rightly, for the decision of the BBC and Sky News to not screen the following public service announcement from the Disasters Emergency Committee promoting its Gaza Crisis Appeal. Is it editorially biased to promote a charitable appeal for the victims of war? It is editorially biased to buckle to intimidation from a forceful advocacy sector speaking on behalf of the aggressors in the same war?

Will we witness future censorship of public service announcements in aid of the people of Darfur, Zimbabwe, Timor-Leste, DR Congo, or the victims of landmines? Do we need to give equal time to President Yahya Jammeh's cure for AIDS?

On to the video.