BBC World Service radio

February 2, 2014

Helen Grady does real journalism on BBC WS ‘Assignment’

Last month we noted here the miserable decision by the BBC 2 ‘Newsnight’ production team...

January 17, 2014

Arafat death conspiracy theory featured in BBC WS ‘Newshour’ live coverage of Sharon funeral

On January 13th the 13:06 GMT edition of the BBC World Service programme ‘Newshour’ incl...

January 16, 2014

Continuing serious breaches of editorial guidelines in ‘Newshour’ with Lyse Doucet

The BBC World Service’s flagship international news and current affairs radio programme ‘...

January 13, 2014

Breaches of editorial guidelines in BBC WS ‘Newshour’ special Sharon broadcast

Just one hour after the official announcement of Ariel Sharon’s death on January 11th, the BBC...

December 13, 2013

BBC WS ‘Newshour’ on the Iraqi Jewish Archive

Last month we noted here that a feature on the subject of the restored Iraqi Jewish archive which ap...

December 10, 2013

Human Rights, anti-Israel campaigners and the BBC

The misappropriation of the term ‘human rights’ by political campaigners and the self-cl...

December 5, 2013

BBC coverage of UK aid convoy fails to meet editorial guidelines on impartiality

As was noted in the comments to one of our previous posts (thanks to Duvid), a recent article from t...

November 28, 2013

BBC WS fails to disclose Iranian regime connections of ‘expert panel’ member

As we have had to point out here on numerous previous occasions, the BBC’s editorial guideline...

November 4, 2013

BBC correspondent compares anti-terrorist fence to Berlin wall, fails to mention terrorism

h/t DA It is with tedious regularity that we find ourselves addressing here the subject of breaches ...

October 25, 2013

BBC WS programme on women in military combat roles ignores one country

The synopsis of a BBC World Service radio programme titled “Women on the Frontline” whic...