Thread by @VanessaBeeley

1. When I asked @chloehadj to check if #BBC researcher had worked wth child beheader fm formerly US-sponsored extremist armed group, Nour Al Din Zinki - she sent me email by mistake which demonstrated extent of "journalism" involved in her research:

2. This was CH's response to her colleagues, I was copied in by mistake:

"I just checked wth Habak again & he has never worked for any armed group - not FSA or any other "rebel" group. He was only ever freelance, selling his footage to #BBC #C4 & other external outlets"

3. CH pushes her line manager at #BBC to "say something to back" Habak. CH feels "this is quite important ethically". So, a #BBC "journalist" is presented wth video evidence that her researher & witness has worked wth the actual child beheader fm Zinki but her "fact check"...

4. is to ask Habak if the evidence of his filming with an extremist child-beheading militia is true. See below my thread on the Habak collaboration wth armed groups in #Syria & fact he was trained by a UKFCO-sponsored outreach agent (BASMA, ARK) omitted fm Mayday Series..

5...which is an egregious conflict of interest not declared by #BBC.

My question is - where is the "journalist" here? Why is #BBC promoting and supporting such shoddy research & blatant bias?

6. My thread on #BBC and Habak:

https://twitter.com/VanessaBeeley/status/1333658734065831936

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