How an uncorrected inaccuracy became BBC conventional wisdom
At the end of December 2015 the BBC World Service radio programme ran an item about what it inaccurately portrayed as a “book ban”…
Borderlife
How many inaccuracies can the BBC cram into a 23 word sentence?
Following on from the inaccurate portrayal by the BBC World Service on December 31st of the decision by a pedagogic committee not to include…
UK Media Watch prompts Times of London correction to false Israeli “book ban” claim
Our post yesterday, comparing UK media outlets’ coverage of an Education Ministry decision not to include a book depicting an Israeli-Palestinian love affair on the…
No, Israel didn’t “ban” a book featuring Israeli-Palestinian love affair
Israelis can freely go to bookshops anywhere in the country and purchase”Borderlife,” by Dorit Rabinyan, a controversial novel featuring a Israeli-Palestinian love affair. Israeli youths…
BBC World Service ‘Newshour’ reports a ‘book ban’ that does not exist
“Well now to a brighter story” says ‘Newshour’ presenter Lyse Doucet at the end of an item (available here from 34:00) broadcast on that…