Exclusive: World Service director Fiona Crack says platform pursues stories ignored by the Gulf’s state-owned media Exclusive: World Service director Fiona Crack says platform pursues stories ignored by the Gulf’s state-owned media A senior BBC executive has defended BBC Arabic as a lone voice in the region covering the “Israeli perspective”, as she warned its critics that it pursued stories ignored by the Gulf’s state-owned media. The corporation’s Arabic service has come under sustained