Impartiality

July 27, 2022

The empty shell of BBC social media use guidance

The BBC’s guidance on the use of social media opens by clarifying that: [emphasis added] “All BB...

July 17, 2022

BBC’s Bowen promotes ‘apartheid’ smear and unproven Abu Akleh claim

Viewers of the July 14th edition of BBC One’s ‘News at Ten’ saw a report from the BBC’s Midd...

July 15, 2022

The BBC ME editor’s portrayal of ‘international law’

It has been a while since Jeremy Bowen was last in Israel but early on July 13th – some twelve...

July 12, 2022

BBC World Service radio bolsters Oxfam political campaign

Under the sub-heading ‘Campaigns and Initiatives’, BBC editorial guidelines on impartiality incl...

June 30, 2022

BBC’s ‘Woman’s Hour’ jumps on the Abu Akleh narrative bandwagon

If there is one thing that has been particularly striking about the last seven weeks of copious medi...

June 26, 2022

OFCOM report criticises BBC impartiality and complaints handling

Readers may recall that last year OFCOM conducted a public consultation on the topic of its regulati...

June 17, 2022

BBC framing of US president’s upcoming ME visit

On the evening of June 14th BBC audiences were presented with reports about the announcement of a vi...

June 9, 2022

BBC’s Bateman again omits context from a Gaza fishing story

On the evening of Saturday, June 4th the BBC Jerusalem bureau’s Tom Bateman Quote Tweeted an item ...

May 19, 2022

A narrative and a libel on BBC WS radio’s Newshour

The lead item (from 00:10 here) in the May 11th afternoon edition of BBC World Service radio’s ‘...

May 17, 2022

BBC Radio 4 and the Al Jazeera narrative – part two

In part one of this post we listed recurrent issues arising from BBC Radio 4 reporting on the shooti...