Newshour Extra

January 17, 2014

Arafat death conspiracy theory featured in BBC WS ‘Newshour’ live coverage of Sharon funeral

On January 13th the 13:06 GMT edition of the BBC World Service programme ‘Newshour’ incl...

January 16, 2014

Continuing serious breaches of editorial guidelines in ‘Newshour’ with Lyse Doucet

The BBC World Service’s flagship international news and current affairs radio programme ‘...

January 13, 2014

Breaches of editorial guidelines in BBC WS ‘Newshour’ special Sharon broadcast

Just one hour after the official announcement of Ariel Sharon’s death on January 11th, the BBC...

December 13, 2013

BBC WS ‘Newshour’ on the Iraqi Jewish Archive

Last month we noted here that a feature on the subject of the restored Iraqi Jewish archive which ap...

September 13, 2013

BBC WS adds clarification to Doucet remarks in Peres interview

As BBC Watch readers will be aware, an interview by Lyse Doucet with Israel’s President Shimon...

August 3, 2013

BBC: We’ve Never Heard Netanyahu Say What We’ve Reported He Said

“On BBC World Service’s Newshour today [August 2nd, 2013], correspondent Lyse Doucet intervi...

April 2, 2013

BBC yet again promotes the notion of Israel as a racist society

When Alexandra Burke sang her way to victory with the Leonard Cohen song ‘Hallelujah’ in...

December 6, 2012

BBC World Service quotes unidentified “some who say”

Here is an interview with MK Dr Einat Wilf and Danny Dayan of the Yesha Council which was broadcast ...

November 18, 2012

BBC World Service dusts off ‘disproportionate’

I suspect that I am not the only one who had been wondering how long it would take for this to happe...