Newsday

February 21, 2016

The continuing saga of the BBC’s failure to make a simple correction

At the beginning of February the BBC broadcast two radio reports in which Tel Aviv was inaccurately ...

February 18, 2016

BBC WS ‘Newsday’ promotes Olmert trials conspiracy theory

Over the years the BBC has made a practice of covering the various court cases against former Israel...

February 5, 2016

BBC Africa misrepresents campaigning reports as ‘scoop’

It is not difficult to discern when the BBC is running a campaign rather than merely reporting a sto...

November 4, 2015

BBC WS radio shows pass off political activist as ‘woman in the street’

On October 14th the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newsday’ broadcast an item billed...

October 30, 2015

BBC WS ‘Newsday’ passes up opportunity to inform on Palestinian politics

A theme prominently seen in BBC reporting of the ongoing wave of terrorism in Israel advances the id...

July 13, 2015

Yolande Knell’s political campaigning continues in BBC ‘Gaza anniversary’ coverage

The BBC’s extensive coverage of the anniversary of the commencement of Operation Protective Ed...

July 10, 2015

BBC ‘Gaza war anniversary’ coverage continues to mislead on the causes of the conflict

Back in February 2015 the BBC decided to produce a series of reports and programmes (see some exampl...

May 4, 2015

BBC reporting of Tel Aviv demonstration neglects important background

BBC coverage of the protest by members of Israel’s Ethiopian community in Tel Aviv on May 3rd ...

April 5, 2015

BBC flouts its own editorial guidelines with Iran talks interviewees

As the P5+1 talks with Iran dragged on and overshot their deadline last week in Lausanne, consumers ...

January 5, 2015

BBC WS ‘Newsday’ flouts corporation’s guidance on use of term Palestine

h/t DH Here is what the BBC’s ‘Style Guide’ has to say about the use of the word P...