Comparing BBC coverage of civilian casualties in Yemen and Gaza
As readers no doubt recall, within twenty-four hours of the commencement of Operation Protective Edge in July 2014, the BBC had begun promoting the…
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More enablement of Hamas propaganda from BBC’s ME editor
In addition to the previously discussed written and filmed reports based around Jeremy Bowen’s recent interview with Hamas’ Khaled Masha’al in Doha published on…
Elections 2015: was the BBC’s coverage impartial?
We are often told that the impartiality of BBC content should be judged “over time” and some guidance as to what that term means…
BBC does free PR for UN HRC
Three times a year the UN Human Rights Council turns its attentions to ‘Agenda item 7’. “While all 193 countries of the world are addressed…
Elections 2015: the morning after – BBC News website coverage
No fewer than seven articles concerning the previous day’s Israeli election were published on the BBC News website’s Middle East page on March 18th….
Elections 2015: round up of BBC coverage – election day filmed reports, part two
In addition to Yolande Knell’s propaganda laden view of the Israeli election from Ramallah, March 17th saw the appearance of several filmed reports for…
Elections 2015: round up of BBC coverage – the run-up
The information below – provided by the Israeli MFA’s Paul Hirschson – will not come as a surprise to readers. Among those foreign journalists…
Law of Armed Conflict, Gaza and the BBC
As readers know, less than 24 hours after the commencement of Operation Protective Edge on July 8th 2014, the BBC began to promote the…
Commentary on BBC ME editor’s ‘Holocaust card’ Tweet widens
Writing in the Jewish Chronicle, Professor Alan Johnson comments on Jeremy Bowen’s recent “holocaust card” Tweet sent during the Israeli prime minister’s speech to…
BBC’s big Bibi binge lacks substance on P5+1 deal and Congress speech
Those following Jeremy Bowen on Twitter learned on March 2nd that he was in Washington. What is particularly remarkable about the BBC Middle East…