BBC Radio 5 Live

February 4, 2025

BBC refuses to correct portrayal of Palestinian inmates as ‘hostages’

Last month we documented inaccurate portrayal of Palestinian prisoners as “hostages” in an item ...

January 24, 2025

Palestinian prisoners portrayed as ‘hostages’ on BBC Radio 5 Live

h/t GB The January 15th edition of BBC Radio 5 Live’s ‘5 Live Drive’ included an item (from 2:...

April 19, 2024

BBC’s Gardner misleads on ideology behind attacks on Israel

h/t NW Friends of Israel The April 15th edition of BBC Radio 5’s “5 Live Breakfast” programme ...

December 28, 2023

More uncritical BBC amplification of CPJ messaging

Last month we discussed the BBC News website’s reporting on the topic of the deaths of journalists...

November 7, 2023

Unevidenced claims of Israeli attacks promoted on multiple BBC platforms

On November 3rd the BBC television’s ‘News at Ten’ aired a report by Jeremy Bowen, part of whi...

October 18, 2020

On BBC, BLM UK leader insists criticism of Israel is being “gagged”

On Oct. 15th, BBC Radio 5 Live host Emma Barnett interviewed Joshua Virasami, one of the co-founders...

August 5, 2020

BBC ME editor shoehorns Israel into coverage of Beirut disaster

BBC coverage of the explosion in Beirut on the afternoon of August 4th has of course seen contributi...

January 9, 2020

BBC radio passes the microphone to Iranian propaganda

BBC audiences hear unchallenged falsehoods and conspiracy theories from an inadequately presented in...

December 2, 2019

BBC again ignores its own editorial guidelines in London terror reports

The perpetrator of a stabbing attack on the BBC's home turf is described in language never seen in r...

June 19, 2019

BBC criticised over debate programme participant

The BBC claims it could not vet a debate participant's offensive Tweets. ...