Impartiality

March 3, 2020

BBC News promotes non-starter topic to advance Israel election narrative

BBC audiences were denied information that conflicts the chosen narrative. ...

March 2, 2020

Summary of BBC News website portrayal of Israel and the Palestinians – February 2020

Our monthly overview of BBC coverage. ...

March 1, 2020

How will the BBC cover Israel’s election?

There is little reason to anticipate any change in the BBC's narrative concerning Israeli elections....

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. ...

February 28, 2020

BBC Radio 4’s promotion of an ‘epic novel’ and an appealing narrative

Radio 4 dedicates two weeks of radio broadcasts to a novel with a tidy narrative about peace. ...

February 27, 2020

BBC News website runs a headline portraying antisemitism as ‘just fun’

The BBC decided to give more space to the defence of antisemitism at the Aalst carnival than to thos...

February 26, 2020

A third BBC report from Beit Ijza highlights omissions in previous two

Why did Tom Bateman fail to provide international BBC audiences with information he apparently had? ...

February 25, 2020

What can BBC audiences expect if the ‘Great Return March’ returns?

Between March 2018 and December 2019 the BBC reported the 'Great Return March' using very specific f...

February 24, 2020

BBC News report on PIJ attacks focuses on Israel’s response

BBC audiences saw one two-sentence paragraph of reporting on rocket attacks against Israeli civilian...

February 23, 2020

BBC News uncritically amplifies Iranian regime claim on voter turnout

BBC News tells readers that a 'mixed system' of governance in Iran includes democracy. ...