BBC Radio 5 Live

December 4, 2016

BBC’s double standards on terrorism highlighted again

Last month the BBC marked the anniversary of the November 2015 terror attacks in Paris with a series...

June 10, 2016

BBC coverage of Sarona Market terror attack – part two

As was noted in part one of this post, while news of the terror attack at the Sarona Market in Tel A...

November 24, 2015

BBC Radio 5 live phone-in misleads listeners on Zionism

h/t: RG The BBC’s editorial guidelines include a section titled “Interacting with our Au...

January 17, 2015

Themes in BBC reporting on the Paris terror attacks

As we noted here the other day, BBC reporting on the Paris terror attacks has been notable for its t...

December 7, 2014

BBC Trust launches public consultation on R4, R5 live and more

The BBC Trust has announced a public consultation relating to four domestic radio stations: Radio 4,...

November 18, 2014

BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast’s massive Middle East mangle

Mishal Husain’s deferential and decidedly uninformative ‘interview’ with Hizballah...

November 6, 2014

BBC Radio 5 live mainstreams an antisemitic trope

The fourth and final hour of the November 1st edition of BBC Radio 5 Live’s Stephen Nolan show...

July 30, 2014

BBC Radio 5 Live goes for the emotional jugular in context free promoted item

Last week BBC Radio 5 Live broadcast an interview with a doctor from ‘Medecins du Monde’...

July 24, 2014

BBC avoids giving audiences the whole picture on Hamas' pre-ceasefire demands

There is nothing novel about BBC misrepresentation of Israel’s naval blockade on the Gaza Stri...

July 23, 2014

BBC Radio 5 live broadcasts inaccurate claim on shortage of medicines in Gaza

Readers may recall that the first day of Operation Protective Edge saw the BBC Jerusalem Bureau̵...