BBC

July 9, 2020

Reviewing the impartiality of BBC radio coverage of potential application of civil law to parts of Area C

The BBC’s editorial guidelines on impartiality state: “Due impartiality usually involves more ...

July 8, 2020

BBC radio backtracks on non-starter story it promoted for weeks

Previously we discussed a report by BBC Jerusalem bureau correspondent Yolande Knell which appeared ...

July 7, 2020

BBC NEWS COVERAGE OF TERRORISM IN ISRAEL – JUNE 2020

The Israel Security Agency’s report on terror attacks (Hebrew) during June 2020 shows that throug...

July 7, 2020

Reviewing BBC R4 Today’s idea of ‘balanced’ coverage – part two

In part one of this post we discussed an interview with the Palestinian Authority’s representative...

July 6, 2020

Reviewing BBC R4 Today’s idea of ‘balanced’ coverage – part one

Between mid-May and the end of June the BBC devoted considerable efforts to the preemptive framing o...

July 5, 2020

SUMMARY OF BBC NEWS WEBSITE PORTRAYAL OF ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS – JUNE 2020

Throughout the month of June 2020, fourteen written or filmed reports relating to Israel and/or the ...

July 3, 2020

One issue, two complaints and two different BBC responses

One thing that members of the public who fund the BBC – and its complaints procedure – should su...

July 2, 2020

BBC Radio 4 listeners told Israel ‘officially’ rejects the two-state solution

Since mid-May the BBC has devoted much energy, air-time and column space to the preemptive framing o...

July 1, 2020

BBC ‘Focus on Africa’ interviewer uses ‘white Jews’ stereotype

On June 24th the BBC News website posted a video on its ‘Middle East’ page with the headline “...

June 30, 2020

Another history-free ‘annexation backgrounder’ from BBC News

Despite the fact that the June 16th written backgrounder titled “Israel, annexation and the West B...