International editor says he doesn’t ‘feel particularly bad about’ his inaccuracies
BBC’s international editor Jeremy Bowen admits he ‘got it wrong’ in his coverage saying the Gaza Al-Alhi hospital was “flattened” (it was never even bombed), but still said he “doesn’t regret one thing” about his reporting and doesn’t feel particularly bad.
Likewise. Thank you for making me think - I’m still pondering now.
Edit: If you want to see the source interview with Bowen, it’s quite interesting. It’s hear https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0gts7c1/behind-the-stories-on-the-front-line-jeremy-bowen - start at 14:30.
He’s asked if he regrets anything he said that evening and he says no - then he’s challenged on the “flattened” comment and he says “Oh yeh - well, I got that wrong. I was looking at the pictures … and that was my conclusion looking at the pictures and I was wrong on that”.
He basically comes across as pissed off that the Israeli’s wont open the borders so that reporters can observe directly. But yes - he should have started with “that was a cockup on my part”