When BBC ‘impartiality’ becomes absurd
Ahead of its February 7th broadcast of an edition of ‘Hardtalk‘ with Khaled Masha’al, the BBC was promoting the programme on the Home and Middle East…
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Obsession in numbers: comparing BBC coverage of elections in Israel and Jordan
The day after the elections in Israel on January 22nd 2013, a no less important (and some would say, much more consequential) election was…
Myths and lethal narratives on the BBC website
As we all know, nothing disappears from the internet – for better or for worse. That fact raises questions about the responsibility of the…
BBC amplifies PA claim that corruption is due to “occupation”
The Palestinian Authority’s envoy to the European Union – Leila Shahid – appeared on ‘Hardtalk’ (broadcast on the BBC World Service) on December 14th…
The Guardian’s Ewan MacAskill and Jewish money
Walter Russell Mead, in an essay at his blog, cited the following quote: “American Presidents have long been criticized for being too in thrall to the…
The BBC and the Jews
This essay was written by Walter Russell Mead, at ‘The American Interest‘ [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hNAKWF1uQ08] “American Presidents have long been criticized for being too in thrall to the…
Fascinating Twitter exchange between Guardian’s Seumas Milne & Hamas member Azzam Tamimi
Yesterday, we posted about Seumas Milne’s latest essay (Intervention in Syria will escalate, not stop the killing, Feb. 8), which warned against any international…