BBC World Service radio

June 29, 2020

BBC’s Knell fails to challenge the PA on decision affecting healthcare

On June 14th we noted that BBC audiences had not seen any reporting on how Mahmoud Abbas’ May 19th...

June 26, 2020

BBC’s Hardtalk fails to ‘build understanding’ in interview with ICC president

The purpose of BBC news and current affairs programmes is defined as follows: “The BBC should prov...

June 4, 2020

BBC WS interviewer asks Entebbe rescuer about ‘reservations’

The June 2nd edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Outlook’ was titled ‘My part in...

June 1, 2020

BBC ignores new rules on Covid-19 phone tracking it previously reported

Over the past two and a half months BBC audiences have seen no small amount of reporting about Israe...

May 25, 2020

BBC News reports from the Israeli courts it claimed are closed

In late March we noted that viewers of the BBC News channel had been wrongly informed that Israel’...

May 21, 2020

The BBC’s one-sided ‘annexation’ binge continues

The lead item in the May 17th evening edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshourâ€...

May 17, 2020

BBC reporting on a US official’s visit to Israel promotes specific framing

On May 13th the BBC produced two items about a short visit to Israel by the US Secretary of State wh...

May 8, 2020

BBC WS radio’s pick ‘n’ mix Middle East history

The April 29th edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Witness History’ – titled “...

May 3, 2020

BBC’s Knell amplifies PA talking points in reports on Palestinian workers

On April 29th the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ page published a report by Yolande Knell ti...

May 1, 2020

BBC World Service radio’s UNRWA puffery highlights nine-month silence

As we have documented in the past, for the last nine months the BBC has studiously avoided the issue...