James Menendez

January 10, 2023

Partisan terminology and talking points in BBC radio reporting on Temple Mount

Previously we reviewed the BBC News website’s reports relating to a short visit to Temple Mount by...

September 4, 2022

The latest BBC reporting on the Munich Olympics terror attack

Five years ago we documented the BBC’s failure, for the most part, to describe the 1972 Munich Oly...

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 8, 2022

Elad attack: BBC continues to avoid the word terror

The May 5th terror attack in the town of Elad in central Israel was the topic of two reports publish...

April 20, 2022

BBC COVERAGE OF VIOLENCE IN JERUSALEM – PART TWO

In part one of this post we looked at coverage ahead of and just after the violent rioting on Temple...

August 24, 2021

BBC’s Bateman shoehorns Israel into reports on Palestinian vaccinations

On August 19th the BBC Jerusalem bureau’s Tom Bateman produced two reports based on the topic of a...

January 28, 2021

BBC WS radio ignores editorial guidelines in yet another vaccinations item

The lead item in the evening edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour’ on Janu...

November 30, 2020

BBC WS radio Gaza Strip reports demonstrate impartiality failings

Previously we discussed a recent written BBC article concerning the surge in Coronavirus cases in th...

May 21, 2020

The BBC’s one-sided ‘annexation’ binge continues

The lead item in the May 17th evening edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshourâ€...

May 17, 2020

BBC reporting on a US official’s visit to Israel promotes specific framing

On May 13th the BBC produced two items about a short visit to Israel by the US Secretary of State wh...