Edward Stourton

June 3, 2018

BBC Radio 4 reframes last month’s Iranian attack on Israel

32 Iranian missiles have disappeared from the BBC's account of the events of May 9th/10th. ...

May 14, 2018

Inaccuracy and omission from ‘parachuted’ BBC Radio 4 presenter in Jerusalem

The BBC reschedules Israel's independence. ...

March 5, 2018

BBC R4 ‘Sunday’ adds more confusion to Jerusalem church story

Once again BBC audiences get an account of the Jerusalem churches dispute story riddled with inaccur...

December 25, 2017

The BBC’s Christmas message: Trump ruined it – part one

The BBC's portrayal of Christmas in Bethlehem includes a recurring theme. ...

December 7, 2017

Another BBC report on Iraqi Jews omits the Farhud

A BBC Radio 4 item about the Jews of Iraq once again suffers from a serious omission....

November 23, 2017

BBC Radio 4, ‘religious freedom’ and a half-told story

A BBC religious affairs programme distorts a Jerusalem story....

January 20, 2017

BBC’s Yolande Knell touts the ‘1967 borders’ illusion on Radio 4

The BBC Radio 4 programme ‘Sunday‘ claims that it gives listeners “a look at the e...

September 25, 2016

BBC Radio 4 fails to clarify the agenda of the BDS campaign and the PSC

The September 18th edition of the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘Sunday‘ included an item (from ...

June 7, 2016

Obscure slot for rare BBC report on Palestinian social issues

As we have often noted on these pages, the framing adopted by the BBC in its reporting on Israel and...

May 4, 2016

BBC ‘explains’ its claim that Western Wall is Judaism’s holiest site

Back in February we noted that an edition of the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘Sunday’ had prom...