This goes beyond Gary Lineker. The BBC risks coming apart over the Gaza war | Jane Martinson

Gary Lineker is the highest-profile example representing two existential challenges for the BBC .

He became the litmus test for the meaning of impartiality in the institution.

Few issues are so difficult, or are being so badly handled by the BBC right now, as the Israel -Gaza conflict.

The BBC appears to fear putting out what could be seen as supporting Palestinians .

BBC has some of the best Middle East correspondents in the world, Jane Martinson says.

But if the consequences of these mistakes grow out of proportion and affect the way BBC journalists and presenters report, the damage will be far greater.

The BBC made a stupid mistake by not identifying the background of a documentary narrator, Lineker made one by posting something he seems not to have watched properly.