HRW

July 12, 2021

Down the BBC Complaints procedure rabbit hole

As we all too often have cause to note on these pages, the BBC’s editorial guidelines on impartial...

May 19, 2021

BBC promotes unevidenced claims of Israel ‘trying to silence’ Gaza reporting

Back in August 2014 former Associated Press journalist Matti Friedman wrote this about the relations...

May 7, 2021

Weekend long read

1) NGO Monitor provides background to a story likely to be taken up by the British media in a Primer...

May 5, 2021

SUMMARY OF BBC NEWS WEBSITE PORTRAYAL OF ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS – APRIL 2021

Throughout the month of April 2021, thirty-three written or filmed reports relating to Israel and/or...

May 2, 2021

BBC News website uncritically amplifies HRW report

On the morning of April 27th the BBC News website published a 780-word report headlined “Israel co...

April 30, 2021

BBC’s ‘Today’ tosses editorial guidelines aside in HRW report promotion

In recent years we have documented the BBC’s amplification of anti-Israel campaigns involving or r...

March 10, 2021

The BBC’s ‘damned if you do’ reporting on vaccinations for Palestinian workers

On February 11th visitors to the BBC News website saw a short report by the BBC Jerusalem bureau’s...

March 8, 2021

Omission in BBC reporting on ICC investigation announcement

Recent BBC coverage of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announcement of the commencement of an...

March 4, 2021

An overview of BBC promotion of the anti-Israel vaccines campaign

Throughout January and February 2021, the BBC engaged in multi-platform promotion of an opportunisti...

February 11, 2021

Another superficial BBC News report on the ICC

Late on February 5th the BBC News website published a 425-word report headlined “ICC rules it has ...