Edward Stourton

May 16, 2022

BBC Radio 4 and the Al Jazeera narrative – part one

BBC Radio 4’s initial reporting on the death of Shireen Abu Akleh on May 11th in the ‘Today’ p...

November 25, 2021

BBC Radio 4 promotes a red herring on UK designation of Hamas

Let’s take a look at how the UK Home Secretary’s proposal to proscribe Hamas as a whole was port...

July 15, 2021

BBC Radio 4 promotion of the apartheid smear – part two

In part one of this post we discussed the first part of the July 5th edition of the BBC Radio 4 prog...

July 14, 2021

BBC Radio 4 promotion of the apartheid smear – part one

The BBC Radio 4 programme ‘Analysis’ self-portrays as a “Programme examining the ideas and for...

February 18, 2021

Radio 4 ignores the BBC’s own clarification on Palestinian healthcare

As we have already seen, despite having acknowledged on its ‘corrections and clarifications’ pag...

December 24, 2019

BBC Radio 4 religious show airs anodyne report on Palestinian Christians

Yet another BBC report on Palestinian Christians avoids narrative-conflicting issues....

November 11, 2018

Why a third of a BBC Radio 4 programme focuses on Israel

The Radio 4 programme 'Analysis' presents a convenient 'case study'. ...

September 28, 2018

More to a BBC Radio 4 item on ‘morality’ of aid to Palestinians than meets the eye

Why does a PR firm claim to have 'worked' with BBC Radio 4 on an item about aid to Palestinians? ...

July 8, 2018

BBC Radio 4’s peace process tango for one – part two

A BBC Radio 4 programme about the 'peace process' ignores Palestinian leaders and terrorism....

July 8, 2018

BBC Radio 4’s peace process tango for one – part one

A BBC Radio 4 programme on the 'peace process' erases Palestinian leadership and terrorism from the ...