BBC World Service radio

November 25, 2020

BBC WS radio portrayal of US Secretary of State visit to Israel

Previously we discussed two items concerning the US Secretary of State’s visit to Israel last week...

November 16, 2020

BBC WS Newshour airs “tributes” to Erekat – part two

As we saw previously, around a quarter of the November 10th afternoon edition of the BBC World Servi...

November 15, 2020

BBC WS radio’s Newshour airs “tributes” to Erekat – part one

Around a quarter of the airtime on the November 10th afternoon edition of the BBC World Service radi...

November 10, 2020

BBC WS radio errs on organisation of November 1995 peace rally

On November 4th BBC World Service radio aired an edition of the programme ‘Witness History’ titl...

October 27, 2020

Reviewing BBC coverage of the Israel-Sudan agreement

BBC coverage of the October 23rd announcement of the agreement to normalise relations between Israel...

October 26, 2020

BBC’s multi-platform olive harvest binge continues

As previously documented, a visit by the BBC Jerusalem bureau correspondent Tom Bateman to the villa...

October 13, 2020

BBC commissions Israel ‘documentary’ from American political activists

Last year the BBC World Service and the Sundance Institute announced that they would be collaboratin...

October 1, 2020

BBC re-promotion of a one-sided programme from July

On September 25th the BBC World Service radio Twitter account posted a link to an audio report: The ...

September 29, 2020

REVIEWING BBC WS RADIO’S FRAMING OF THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS

Previously we reviewed BBC Radio 4’s framing of the signing of the Abraham Accords on September 15...

September 24, 2020

BBC Arabic’s FinCEN ‘investigation’ amplifies a well-worn political narrative

On September 21st the BBC One programme ‘Panorama’ aired an edition titled ‘Banking Secrets of...