BBC Middle East Editor

July 9, 2020

Reviewing the impartiality of BBC radio coverage of potential application of civil law to parts of Area C

The BBC’s editorial guidelines on impartiality state: “Due impartiality usually involves more ...

July 7, 2020

Reviewing BBC R4 Today’s idea of ‘balanced’ coverage – part two

In part one of this post we discussed an interview with the Palestinian Authority’s representative...

June 17, 2020

BBC’s Bowen fails to challenge Iranian and Russian talking points

BBC Radio 4 is currently running a series of programmes called “Meanwhile”. “Covid-19 has domi...

June 8, 2020

Revisiting BBC portrayal of the Khartoum Resolution

As we all too frequently have cause to note on these pages, the BBC’s presentation of Israel-relat...

May 24, 2020

BBC’s Bowen makes inaccurate claim in Lebanon withdrawal Tweets

On the evening of May 23rd the BBC’s Middle East editor took to Twitter – as he has often done i...

April 6, 2020

BBC ME editor makes Gaza Strip ventilators disappear

On March 30th the BBC announced that: “Some of BBC News’ best-known voices are reading their...

March 5, 2020

BBC promotes linkage between elections on two continents

Radio 4 listeners were told that the outcome of the March 2nd Israeli election “could affect Mr Tr...

March 1, 2020

How will the BBC cover Israel’s election?

There is little reason to anticipate any change in the BBC's narrative concerning Israeli elections....

February 12, 2020

BBC Sounds relaunches 2017 series by Middle East editor

Revisiting Jeremy Bowen's 'Our Man in the Middle East'. ...

February 10, 2020

Reviewing BBC News website coverage of the US ‘Peace to Prosperity’ plan

Yet again BBC journalists were far more intent on establishing a specific narrative than they were c...