BBC

February 6, 2013

BBC’s ‘The Big Questions’ prompts big questions about its impartiality

On Sunday, February 3rd 2013, the BBC One weekly debate programme ‘The Big Questions’ as...

February 6, 2013

Context-free reporting of Hamas arrests from the BBC

An article appearing on the Middle East page of the BBC News website on February 4th informed reader...

February 5, 2013

A penny drops for BBC’s Jon Donnison?

It is not that long ago – four months, in fact – since the BBC’s man about town in Gaz...

February 5, 2013

BBC’s Kevin Connolly stereotypes Israeli Arabs

Last month the BBC Jerusalem Bureau’s Kevin Connolly tried to persuade his audience that Israe...

February 4, 2013

BBC unquestioningly promotes Assad’s “destabilisation” claims

Here’s a question for readers: if a journalist chooses to quote an obviously inaccurate – an...

February 4, 2013

BBC ignores UN HRC report’s political agenda – and worse

In March 2012, the UN Human Rights Council accepted a draft resolution proposed by Bolivia, Cuba, Pa...

February 3, 2013

BBC can’t let go of ‘right-wing’ Israeli politics

Here is the BBC’s take on the subject of the talks which began on February 3rd, aimed at estab...

February 3, 2013

Selective BBC reporting from Hebron

In December last year the BBC – along with many other members of the media – was quick to pick u...

February 1, 2013

Dumbest interview question ever on BBC Radio Leeds

On January 28th, prior to his meeting with the Lib Dem Chief Whip, the MP for Bradford East David Wa...

February 1, 2013

BBC reports on alleged air strikes: high on speculation, low on context

Despite the dearth of verifiable information on the subject, the BBC has produced several reports on...