In Pictures

September 5, 2014

The BBC’s pictorial portrayal of conflict in Israel and the Gaza Strip

During Operation Protective Edge the BBC News website’s ‘In Pictures’ section prod...

July 13, 2014

BBC pictures editor apparently not sure where missile that landed in Israel came from

A photo feature titled “Gaza conflict escalates” appeared on the BBC News website’...

December 8, 2013

Of camels and humps: the BBC addresses ‘media visual stereotyping’

A couple of recent BBC News website articles relating to the subject of photographed images have the...

December 1, 2013

Examining the BBC’s track record on Jewish refugees from Arab lands

On November 30th 2013 the BBC News website’s home page and Middle East page both promoted a fe...

October 31, 2013

BBC coverage of prisoner release in pictures

The story of the recent release of another twenty-six Palestinians convicted of murdering Israeli (a...

October 4, 2013

Seeing Israel through the BBC’s lens

There is a standing joke in my family that British people who have never been to Israel, and whose m...

August 19, 2013

BBC ‘In Pictures’ on prisoner release: no mention of crimes

Among the extensive coverage of last week’s release of 26 convicted terrorists which appeared ...

August 8, 2013

Manipulating BBC audience opinions with pictures

The BBC News website’s ‘In Pictures’ section includes a daily feature titled ̵...

June 30, 2013

Images of Israel – BBC style

On the night between June 27th and 28th 2013 the ‘White Night’ festival took place in Te...

January 11, 2013

Disproportional representation: every (BBC chosen) picture tells a story

h/t Dan Even the highest estimates – and there is plenty of conflicting opinion on the subject...