Guardian bans open letters and social posts amid row over Israel
The Guardian’s most senior editors have issued a rare joint message to their staff, warning journalists against signing open letters and posting messages on social media that “risk compromising our editorial integrity”.
Days after more than 300 local journalists, including at least 25 from Guardian Australia, called for greater scepticism of Israel’s defence forces in coverage of the Gaza conflict, the British news organisation’s editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner, outlined the new rules to staff in an internal note.
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