Martin Patience

July 16, 2021

New BBC correspondents in Jerusalem and Beirut

A new arrival – albeit temporary – is due to join the BBC’s Jerusalem bureau next week. At the...

July 16, 2019

The BBC and media freedom – theory and practice

On Thursday - a BBC hub at a conference on media freedom. On Saturday, acquiescence to the demands o...

January 14, 2019

An overview of BBC reporting on Operation Northern Shield

The BBC failed to produce even one item which would provide its funding public with the full range o...

December 23, 2018

BBC WS radio’s ‘World Update’ misleads on UN SC resolution 1701

BBC reporting on the Hizballah tunnels story continues to fail audiences and the BBC's public purpos...

October 23, 2018

BBC continues to ignore Hizballah violations in south Lebanon

Violations of UN Security Council resolution 1701 get no BBC coverage....

December 24, 2017

Unravelling years of BBC statistics on Palestinian refugees in Lebanon

What lies behind the BBC's figures for the number of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon? ...

November 22, 2017

Reviewing BBC portrayal of Hizballah in Hariri resignation reports

Does the BBC's portrayal of Hizballah contribute to audience understanding of the Hariri resignation...

July 24, 2017

Will the new man in Beirut improve the BBC’s record of reporting?

Will the arrival of a new BBC correspondent in Beirut improve reporting on Hizballah's violations of...

August 30, 2016

BBC’s 2014 claim of an attack on a UN school shown to be inaccurate

On August 3rd 2014 the BBC told its audiences that Israeli forces had attacked a UN school in Rafah....

August 28, 2016

Revisiting the BBC’s 2014 reports on Gaza’s power plant

Readers may recall that on July 29th 2014 the BBC devoted considerable coverage to the story of an e...