Contributors’ Affiliations

April 25, 2023

BBC News website publishes fourth Huwara report in two months

Early on the morning of April 24th a report by Lucy Williamson was published on the BBC News website...

March 30, 2023

BBC WS again promotes a partisan NGO’s talking points in protests coverage

Previously we documented BBC World Service radio’s promotion of a narrative unrelated to the prote...

March 29, 2023

BBC’s Franks ignores ‘contributors’ affiliations’ guidelines

Since the public protests against the Israeli government’s plans to make major changes to the judi...

March 16, 2023

BBC radio avoids the topic of Palestinian terrorist organisations

Previously we looked at a BBC News website report which mentioned an incident near Jit on the mornin...

March 3, 2023

BBC WS radio tries to explain the ‘Lions’ Den’ – part two

Previously we discussed an item aired on the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour’ which ...

February 24, 2023

BBC WS radio ignores ‘contributors’ affiliations’ guidelines in Israel protests item

As we all too frequently have cause to note on these pages, the BBC regularly ignores its own editor...

January 15, 2023

BBC’s Bateman promotes lobbyists’ talking points

Late on the evening of January 11th a report by the BBC Jerusalem bureau’s Tom Bateman appeared on...

January 12, 2023

PROMOTED AND QUOTED: THE BBC’S PREFERRED NGO CONTRIBUTORS IN 2022

Nearly a decade ago, in May 2013, we began documenting the BBC’s use of contributions or informati...

December 25, 2022

BBC’s Bateman again promotes claims from political NGOs

One way of recognising BBC promotion of a particular topic – as opposed to straightforward news re...

November 24, 2022

The BBC’s one-sided Masafer Yatta campaigning continues

One way of determining how committed a media outlet is to accurate and impartial coverage of a parti...