John Simpson

June 18, 2019

Over four months on BBC News amends claims about women’s rights in Iran

The BBC's 'effective' and 'timely' complaints mechanism on display yet again....

February 24, 2019

BBC world affairs editor’s holiday snaps exclude Hizballah

BBC R4 listeners hear that Israel 'interferes' and 'acts like a bully' in Lebanon....

February 7, 2019

BBC World Affairs editor misleads on women’s rights in Iran

Yet again we see just how seriously the BBC takes its obligation to provide 'accurate and impartial ...

January 27, 2019

More inaccurate and context-free Gaza framing on BBC Radio 4

The BBC's world affairs editor joins Radio 4's promotion of an inaccurate and politically motivated ...

October 14, 2014

BBC News website coverage of Operation Protective Edge: part two

In part one of this post we documented BBC News website coverage of the first ten days of Operation ...

July 24, 2014

Some BBC bright spots and the remarkable reaction of a presenter confronted with reality

They may be few and far between, but there are some bright spots among the BBC’s reporting of ...

July 22, 2014

BBC's Simpson admires Hamas engineering 'feat' and ignores its intended victims

A filmed report for BBC television news from July 21st – supposedly one of the BBC’s never a...

May 23, 2014

The numbers behind BBC promotion of the ‘Israel lobby’

As readers may recall, we have posted here a few times about the BBC’s unsatisfactory response...

November 11, 2013

BBC Arafat binge continues to promote conspiracy theories

The BBC’s recent Arafat overdose – which began on November 6th when no fewer than six re...

October 2, 2013

BBC’s Simpson mainstreams trope used by anti-Israel campaigners

On September 30th the BBC News website published two items by World Affairs Editor John Simpson. One...