Newshour

July 13, 2020

BBC World Service radio airs speculation presented as ‘analysis’

The BBC has shown significant interest in a number of recent incidents at various sites in Iran and ...

July 9, 2020

Reviewing the impartiality of BBC radio coverage of potential application of civil law to parts of Area C

The BBC’s editorial guidelines on impartiality state: “Due impartiality usually involves more ...

July 8, 2020

BBC radio backtracks on non-starter story it promoted for weeks

Previously we discussed a report by BBC Jerusalem bureau correspondent Yolande Knell which appeared ...

June 29, 2020

BBC’s Knell fails to challenge the PA on decision affecting healthcare

On June 14th we noted that BBC audiences had not seen any reporting on how Mahmoud Abbas’ May 19th...

May 25, 2020

BBC News reports from the Israeli courts it claimed are closed

In late March we noted that viewers of the BBC News channel had been wrongly informed that Israel’...

May 21, 2020

The BBC’s one-sided ‘annexation’ binge continues

The lead item in the May 17th evening edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshourâ€...

May 17, 2020

BBC reporting on a US official’s visit to Israel promotes specific framing

On May 13th the BBC produced two items about a short visit to Israel by the US Secretary of State wh...

May 3, 2020

BBC’s Knell amplifies PA talking points in reports on Palestinian workers

On April 29th the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ page published a report by Yolande Knell ti...