France

October 23, 2020

Weekend long read

1) At WINEP Matthew Levitt analyses ‘A Paris Reset on Hezbollah?’. “Lebanon’s corrupt politi...

September 9, 2020

Guardian article misleads on French antisemitism

A Guardian article by Kim Willsher about a recent poll of French people who reject mask-wearing (Fr...

June 15, 2020

BBC portrayal of a Paris anti-racism protest excludes antisemitism

On June 13th the BBC News website published a report on its ‘Europe’ page which was headlined â€...

January 24, 2020

BBC News promotes partisan political narrative on Old City

As usual the BBC excludes essential context in order to promote a narrative. ...

December 8, 2019

BBC Watch prompts correction to report on French antisemitism resolution

BBC News website responds quickly to complaint concerning misrepresentation of definition of antisem...

December 5, 2019

BBC News misrepresents French parliament resolution

The BBC's dumbed-down portrayal is inaccurate and misleading. ...

August 14, 2019

Catching up with a story the BBC reported in 2015

No BBC coverage of demand for parliamentary inquiry. ...

June 24, 2019

BBC’s Paris correspondent misleads on Israel and extradition

An inaccurate claim requires correction....

February 21, 2019

BBC report on antisemitism in France marred by its own record

Why BBC audiences are not well placed to understand reporting on statements made by the French presi...

January 21, 2019

Past BBC interviewee on antisemitism gets jail term for antisemitic incitement

Five years on it is still unclear how BBC editors could have been so uninformed....