January, 2017

January 31, 2017

When the BBC News website reported an enduring conflict without a narrative

In addition to covering the conference on the topic of the Arab-Israeli conflict held in Paris earli...

January 31, 2017

Could everything the media told you about Israel’s ‘eroding democracy’ be wrong?

The putative ‘erosion’ of Israel’s democracy is one of those NGO and media-driven ...

January 31, 2017

OFCOM launches more BBC related public consultations

In preparation for its new regulatory role under the terms of the new BBC Charter and Agreement, OFC...

January 30, 2017

Reviewing BBC News website portrayal of Israel and the Palestinians in Q4 2016 – part two

As noted in part one of this post, between October 1st and December 31st 2016, sixty-nine reports ...

January 30, 2017

LBC’s James O’Brien fails to challenge Haneen Zoabi’s lies about Israel

Whilst she was in London, Zoabi was also interviewed by LBC host James O'Brien, who similarly failed...

January 30, 2017

BBC reporting on Israeli offer to take in Syrian refugees

On January 26th the BBC produced two reports concerning the previous day’s announcement by Int...

January 29, 2017

The BBC, jihadists and Islamists

Back in December 2014 the BBC News website published a backgrounder titled “What is jihadism?&...

January 29, 2017

Reviewing BBC News website portrayal of Israel and the Palestinians in Q4 2016 – part one

Between October 1st and December 31st 2016, a total of sixty-nine reports with content relating to...

January 27, 2017

Weekend long read

1) As noted at the Tower, the Guardian’s Martin Chulov recently published an interesting artic...

January 27, 2017

Comparing BBC R4 ‘Today’ interviews with two Israeli MKs – part two

The January 24th edition of the BBC Radio 4 ‘Today’ programme included an interview with...