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BBC’s Bowen saw no human shields in Gaza – but reports them in Mosul

The BBC’s Middle East editor promoted claims of ‘war crimes’ when civilians were killed in Gaza in 2014. Three years on in Mosul, Jeremy Bowen’s reporting is markedly different.

BBC’s Bowen again misleads domestic audiences on UK PM’s statement

The February 6th edition of the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘Today’ included a long item (from 02:36:48 here) ostensibly concerning the Israeli prime minister’s…

BBC’s Bowen tells WS listeners Israel bombs Syria ‘regularly’

The lead story in the January 13th edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour’ was introduced by presenter Paul Henley (from 01:00…

BBC’s Bowen dismisses Aleppo fears

On December 13th the BBC News website reported several UN statements concerning the situation in Aleppo. “Syrian pro-government forces in eastern Aleppo have been killing people,…

BBC’s Bowen employs apartheid analogy in report on Paris conference

Following on from his reporting on the conference hosted by the French government in Paris on June 3rd on the BBC News website and…

BBC’s Bowen does maintenance on his framing of a Middle East story

In addition to the audio report produced by Jeremy Bowen on his recent visit to Jerusalem, a written report appeared on the BBC News…

Explaining away terror BBC Bowen style – part two

In part one of this post we noted that two recent reports from the BBC’s Middle East editor featured interviews with members of the…

Explaining away terror BBC Bowen style – part one

Two recent reports by the BBC’s Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen – the man responsible for providing his employer’s audiences with “analysis that might…

BBC does damage control after Bowen’s Assad advocacy

In an article titled “Bashar al-Assad is still the problem” which appeared recently in the Telegraph, Shiraz Maher and Nick Kaderbhai observed that: “The…