Jeremy Bowen

November 29, 2023

Jeremy Bowen’s Radio 4 hostage deal claims do not hold water

Previously we discussed one of several items concerning news of a deal to free some of the hostages...

November 27, 2023

BBC responses to criticism of coverage of the Al Ahli explosion – part one

On November 25th the BBC News channel aired an item in which its international editor Jeremy Bowen d...

November 19, 2023

Where did the BBC’s Bowen get his ‘security guards and Kalashnikovs’ claim?

Two days after the IDF began operating in Shifa hospital in Gaza City and after video footage and ph...

November 7, 2023

Unevidenced claims of Israeli attacks promoted on multiple BBC platforms

On November 3rd the BBC television’s ‘News at Ten’ aired a report by Jeremy Bowen, part of whi...

November 5, 2023

Social media ‘influencers’ and Nazi analogy in BBC News reporting

The November 3rd edition of BBC domestic television’s 6 p.m. news included an item relating to an ...

November 2, 2023

Omissions in BBC reporting on foreign nationals in the Gaza Strip

For years the BBC has been using terms such as “siege” and “open-air prison” to describe the...

October 19, 2023

Why BBC reporting on the Al Ahli hospital incident should not surprise

On the evening of October 17th the BBC was quick to tell its worldwide audiences about an “Israeli...

October 12, 2023

BBC’s Bowen does whataboutery in Kfar Aza

On October 10th the IDF took members of the international press to Kibbutz Kfar Aza where soldiers w...

October 11, 2023

BBC backgrounder on Hamas attacks short on ‘essential context’

Some twelve hours after Hamas’ launching of thousands of missiles and infiltrations into Israeli t...

August 4, 2023

SUMMARY OF BBC NEWS WEBSITE PORTRAYAL OF ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS – JULY 2023

Throughout the month of July 2023, forty written or filmed reports relating to Israel and/or the Pal...