Eddie Mair

January 1, 2018

Reviewing BBC coverage of the UN GA Jerusalem vote – part three

BBC Radio 4 reporting on the UN GA vote on Jerusalem promoted inaccurate claims relating to internat...

July 16, 2017

BBC coverage of the Jerusalem terror attack – part two: BBC radio

BBC coverage of the July 14th terror attack at Lions' Gate on Radio 4 and BBC WS radio....

June 20, 2017

Superficial BBC Radio 4 reporting on Qatar funding of Hamas

Yolande Knell fails to tell the whole story behind Qatari funding of Hamas....

June 13, 2017

BBC’s Hugh Sykes tells R4 listeners that Jews rejected the Partition Plan

Listeners to BBC Radio 4's 'PM' are told that Jews rejected the 1947 Partition Plan. ...

January 3, 2017

‘Analysis’ from BBC R4: Hizballah doesn’t threaten Israeli civilians

Even as the US Secretary of State was still speaking on the topic of the two-state solution on Decem...

August 2, 2016

BBC’s Knell whitewashes terror in re-run of Palestinian teacher story

When the BBC reported back in March on a prize-winning Palestinian teacher, it managed to omit some ...

May 15, 2016

BBC Radio 4’s ‘PM’ resuscitates a two month-old story

Back in March, the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour’ produced a report about ...

February 5, 2016

BBC Africa misrepresents campaigning reports as ‘scoop’

It is not difficult to discern when the BBC is running a campaign rather than merely reporting a sto...

November 17, 2015

Context-free amplification of BDS in BBC reports on London Mayor’s remarks

As our colleague Adam Levick noted over at UK Media Watch, the Guardian’s coverage of the Mayo...

October 2, 2015

BBC R4 discovers ‘the evolution of the kibbutz’ – a decade and a half late

One can get a good glimpse of the kind of received ideas about Israel prevalent in BBC corridors fro...