Hardtalk

February 12, 2025

BBC airs disinformation on a topic it accurately reported in 2017

Nearly eight years ago, in May 2017, the BBC News website published a report on the topic of a polic...

September 15, 2024

BBC platforming of UNRWA talking points and allegations

On the evening of September 11th the BBC News website published a report about an airstrike on a Ham...

June 17, 2024

What the BBC doesn’t tell audiences about a frequent contributor’s ‘particular viewpoints’

The BBC tells us that: “The Editorial Guidelines are the BBC’s values and standards. They ap...

May 29, 2024

BBC unable to reply to a complaint about items it already amended

Late last month we noted that a clarification provided by the former head of the International Court...

April 28, 2024

A BBC interview highlights multiple BBC misrepresentations of ICJ ruling

On April 26th the BBC News website published a filmed item titled “Former head of ICJ explains rul...

August 2, 2023

BBC’s ‘Hardtalk’ misses the mark in Amnesty International interview

On July 26th the BBC programme ‘Hardtalk’ aired an interview that could have been very informati...

March 23, 2023

BBC’s Hardtalk platforms a one-stater’s distortions and smears – part two

Previously we looked at the first part of the March 16th ‘Hardtalk’ interview with Palestinian p...

March 22, 2023

BBC’s Hardtalk platforms a one stater’s distortions and smears – part one

The Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti has appeared so many times in BBC content over the year...

March 14, 2023

BBC’s Hardtalk unhelpful on Israeli politics

The March 10th editions of the BBC programme ‘Hardtalk’ featured Simcha Rothman who is currently...

February 17, 2023

BBC’s Hardtalk fails to challenge Ken Roth’s Livingstone Formulation claims

On February 13th the BBC aired filmed and audio interviews with the former director of ‘Human Righ...