Cara Swift

July 16, 2019

The BBC and media freedom – theory and practice

On Thursday - a BBC hub at a conference on media freedom. On Saturday, acquiescence to the demands o...

December 30, 2018

BBC News’ ‘different side’ to Gaza is much of the same

The BBC's strict framing does not allow any Gaza Strip related story to be "different"....

June 28, 2017

In which the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen repeats his ‘no human shields in Gaza’ claims

Jeremy Bowen revives claims from his 2014 reporting in Gaza....

June 26, 2017

BBC’s Bowen resurrects the ‘Arafat was poisoned’ canard on Radio 4

The myth that Arafat was poisoned by Israel is exhumed by the BBC's Middle East editor....

December 6, 2014

One to listen out for on BBC Radio 4

As we noted here a few weeks ago, the BBC’s Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen recently found tim...

July 26, 2014

What do BBC journalists think you should be reading?

Among the recommended reading on the current hostilities in Israel and the Gaza Strip which BBC empl...