BBC Middle East Editor

February 6, 2020

A review of the impartiality of BBC radio coverage of the US ‘Peace to Prosperity’ plan

It is once again abundantly obvious that BBC journalists were intent on establishing a specific narr...

February 4, 2020

BBC Radio 4 news implies previous existence of Palestinian state in US plan report

Under Jeremy Bowen’s baton, BBC audiences were once again deprived of information necessary for th...

February 2, 2020

BBC Radio 4’s preemptive framing of the ‘Peace to Prosperity’ plan

Half a day before the US administration had released its plan, BBC Radio 4 had already framed the to...

January 30, 2020

The BBC’s Middle East editor’s framing of the US peace plan

BBC viewers got a superficial 'need to know' account....

January 29, 2020

BBC Radio 4 listeners hear a context-free story from Jeremy Bowen

The BBC Middle East editor's position makes it incumbent upon him to tell his story responsibly. ...

January 27, 2020

Snark and speculation on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Today’

Once again the BBC recycles a media generated myth. ...

December 8, 2019

Radio 4 listeners fed breakfast-time Hizballah propaganda

'Today' audiences heard over four minutes of barely challenged propaganda from the number two in a n...

December 6, 2019

BBC’s ME editor ‘joins the dots’ but dodges issues

Has the BBC learned from the report into its 'Arab Spring' coverage?...

November 26, 2019

BBC’s Jeremy Bowen misrepresents the 4th Geneva Convention

The BBC Middle East editor failed to provide audiences with accurate and complete information. ...

November 1, 2019

Weekend long read

Our weekly round-up of Middle East related background reading. ...