Hardtalk

June 26, 2020

BBC’s Hardtalk fails to ‘build understanding’ in interview with ICC president

The purpose of BBC news and current affairs programmes is defined as follows: “The BBC should prov...

March 1, 2020

BBC’s ‘Hardtalk’ promotes half a story from 2014

The failure to provide context to an incident brought up by Sackur prevents audience understanding. ...

May 26, 2019

Hamas once again given a platform on the BBC’s ‘Hardtalk’

The BBC once again provides a member of a terrorist organisation with a platform from which to disse...

March 18, 2019

BBC’s Stephen Sackur does ‘the Israeli psyche’

'Hardtalk' host once again promotes his narrative on Israel....

January 28, 2019

BBC Sport wakes up to Malaysia sports discrimination story

BBC Sport's report on discrimination against Israeli athletes includes portrayal of the discriminati...

January 13, 2019

BBC ‘Hardtalk’ interview highlights presenter’s Israel fixation

BBC audiences hear that Jews are hypocritical for castigating Jeremy Corbyn. ...

January 8, 2019

Why the new BBC editorial guidelines may not mean less terror showcasing

The draft BBC editorial guidelines raise an interesting question....

November 28, 2018

BBC audiences materially misled by inaccurate claims from ‘Hardtalk’ host

Distorted statistics and inaccurate claims sell 'Hardtalk' audiences short....

September 14, 2018

BBC’s Hardtalk presenter claims Israel ‘slaughters civilian protesters’

BBC promotion of a false narrative concerning the 'Great Return March' continues. ...

August 13, 2018

Palestinian envoy’s falsehoods go unchallenged on BBC’s ‘Hardtalk’ – part two

An opportunity to provide BBC audiences with insight into internal Palestinian politics is wasted. ...