Newshour

November 25, 2020

BBC WS radio portrayal of US Secretary of State visit to Israel

Previously we discussed two items concerning the US Secretary of State’s visit to Israel last week...

November 16, 2020

BBC WS Newshour airs “tributes” to Erekat – part two

As we saw previously, around a quarter of the November 10th afternoon edition of the BBC World Servi...

November 15, 2020

BBC WS radio’s Newshour airs “tributes” to Erekat – part one

Around a quarter of the airtime on the November 10th afternoon edition of the BBC World Service radi...

October 27, 2020

Reviewing BBC coverage of the Israel-Sudan agreement

BBC coverage of the October 23rd announcement of the agreement to normalise relations between Israel...

October 26, 2020

BBC’s multi-platform olive harvest binge continues

As previously documented, a visit by the BBC Jerusalem bureau correspondent Tom Bateman to the villa...

September 29, 2020

REVIEWING BBC WS RADIO’S FRAMING OF THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS

Previously we reviewed BBC Radio 4’s framing of the signing of the Abraham Accords on September 15...

September 24, 2020

BBC Arabic’s FinCEN ‘investigation’ amplifies a well-worn political narrative

On September 21st the BBC One programme ‘Panorama’ aired an edition titled ‘Banking Secrets of...

September 21, 2020

BBC World Service radio coverage of the Bahrain-Israel agreement

The announcement of normalisation of relations between Israel and Bahrain on September 11th prompted...

September 7, 2020

Reviewing BBC amplification of the notion of ‘betrayed’ Palestinians

Last month we documented some widely promoted framing in BBC radio and television reports concerning...

September 2, 2020

BBC WS airs softball interview with representative of Hamas-run body

As documented in a previous post, listeners to the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour’ ...