Business Matters

April 16, 2019

BBC WS ‘Business Matters’ sails close to antisemitic trope

A BBC World Service radio business programme's dismal 'analysis' on Israel. ...

October 18, 2017

BBC WS radio on US withdrawal from UNESCO

This is a cross-post from BBC Watch. The BBC World Service radio programme ‘Business Matters&#...

October 18, 2017

BBC WS radio on US withdrawal from UNESCO – part two

Another BBC WS programme presents a monochrome view of the US withdrawal from UNESCO....

December 6, 2016

BBC ignores a good news story from Gaza

Last year the BBC World Service’s business department produced a series of highly politicised ...

June 17, 2016

Bolstering and airbrushing BDS on BBC WS ‘Business Matters’ – part two

Following a long and misleading introduction (discussed in part one of this post, from 01:06 here), ...

June 16, 2016

Bolstering and airbrushing BDS on BBC WS ‘Business Matters’ – part one

We have noted many times before on these pages that whilst the BBC often provides a platform for p...

June 5, 2015

A postscript to BBC Business’ recent reports from the Gaza Strip

As readers are aware, Roger Hearing and Marie Keyworth from the BBC’s business department rece...

June 4, 2015

Multiple breaches of BBC editorial guidelines in BBC WS’s ‘Business Matters’ report from Bethlehem

In addition to the two parts of the report aired in the May 20th edition of the BBC World Service ra...

June 3, 2015

BBC World Service’s Hearing reveals the political foundations of a ‘business’ report

The May 20th edition of BBC World Service radio’s ‘Business Matters’ devoted rough...

June 3, 2015

BBC WS’s ‘Business Matters’ misrepresents the status of Area C in report on PA economy

Twenty years ago the internationally recognised representatives of the Palestinian people signed an ...