January, 2016

January 18, 2016

Why have the UK media ignored yesterday’s deadly Palestinian terror attack? (Update)

Early yesterday evening, a terrorist stabbed a 39-year-old woman, Dafna Meir, to death in front of h...

January 18, 2016

Another fatal terror attack; another miserable BBC News headline

The wording of promotion of a report which appeared on the BBC News website on the evening of Januar...

January 17, 2016

BBC editorial policy hampers audiences understanding of Wallström remarks report

On January 15th the BBC News website’s Middle East page ran an article headlined “Israel...

January 17, 2016

BBC Hardtalk host tells viewers Temple Mount is ‘the holiest of places for Muslims’

Earlier this month the Mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat, was interviewed by Stephen Sackur for ‘...

January 16, 2016

A new report on an issue ignored by the BBC

Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) has compiled a report about an issue which those getting news and info...

January 15, 2016

Weekend long read

At Commentary magazine Evelyn Gordon has an interesting piece titled Ramadi, Gaza, and Western Hypoc...

January 15, 2016

How would the UK media cover a Labour Party official who ‘flirted’ with Nazism?

The question in our headline was elicited by the casual manner in which the Financial Times noted ...

January 15, 2016

Impartiality fail from BBC’s Barbara Plett

The Tweet below was sent by the BBC’s US State Department correspondent Barbara Plett on Janua...

January 14, 2016

UK media bury the shocking extremism of Israeli ‘human rights activists’ (Video)

As we noted earlier in the week, a video was broadcast on Israel’s Channel 2 which revealed th...

January 14, 2016

BBC News avoids reporting Fatah Day rallies for third year running

In recent weeks visitors to the BBC News website have frequently come across a standard inclusion in...