BBC World Service radio

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...

September 21, 2020

BBC World Service radio coverage of the Bahrain-Israel agreement

The announcement of normalisation of relations between Israel and Bahrain on September 11th prompted...

September 15, 2020

BBC WS radio misleads on Israel Coronavirus lockdown

The September 14th early edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newsday’ included an ...

September 13, 2020

BBC News ignores developments in Gaza health story it reported in June

In late June the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour’ aired a report by the BBC Jerusale...

September 9, 2020

What has changed in 50 years of BBC reporting on a PFLP hijacking?

Three years ago we looked at a BBC report dating from September 6th 1970 on the Dawson’s Field h...

September 7, 2020

Reviewing BBC amplification of the notion of ‘betrayed’ Palestinians

Last month we documented some widely promoted framing in BBC radio and television reports concerning...

September 2, 2020

BBC WS airs softball interview with representative of Hamas-run body

As documented in a previous post, listeners to the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour’ ...

September 1, 2020

Another superficial report on Corona in Gaza from the BBC’s Yolande Knell

Earlier we looked at how reports on the BBC News website and BBC Radio 4 had framed the discovery of...

August 26, 2020

BBC’s Newshour presents disinformation and lies as ‘context’ to balloon attacks

Earlier this month we noted that the BBC was ignoring the renewal of attacks from the Gaza Strip u...

July 30, 2020

Reviewing BBC Jerusalem bureau reporting on the Har Dov incident

Most of the BBC’s reporting on the security incident which took place on the afternoon of July 27t...