Newsnight

July 25, 2014

BBC Newsnight's Emily Maitlis to Israeli spokesman: "You killed them"

On the afternoon of July 24th an UNRWA school in Beit Hanoun where many Palestinians were sheltering...

July 1, 2014

BBC's 'Newsnight' facilitates Barghouti claim of 'international law' as excuse for murders of teens

On the evening of June 30th, as news broke of the discovery of the bodies of the three kidnapped and...

June 16, 2014

BBC’s ‘Newsnight’ moves Syria; editor ‘too tired’ to notice

Here is a map which appeared on TV screens throughout the UK during the June 12th edition of BBC Two...

May 22, 2014

Newsnight introduction of Asim Qureshi again breaches BBC editorial guidelines

Earlier this month we noted yet more breaches of the BBC editorial guidelines which require intervie...

February 10, 2014

BBC Two’s ‘Newsnight’ still busy ‘contextualising’ antisemitism

Here is a series of Tweets sent from the BBC ‘Newsnight’ account to two hundred and thre...

February 5, 2014

Oxfam’s Ben Phillips on BBC Two’s ‘Newsnight’

On February 4th BBC Two’s flagship news programme ‘Newsnight’ featured interviews ...

February 5, 2014

Oxfam spokesperson owned by SodaStream’s Daniel Birnbaum on BBC Newsnight

Back in the 60s, anti-war activists sometimes used the pejorative phrase “you have to burn th...

January 18, 2014

The BBC, ‘democratic principles’ and the Jihadist recruiter

One of the public purposes defined in the Charter which is the BBC’s constitutional basis is t...

January 9, 2014

BBC Radio 4’s ‘Today’ joins ‘Newsnight’ in breach of editorial guidelines

The BBC’s coverage of the request by the French government to ban shows by the ‘comedian’ ...

January 9, 2014

BBC Two’s ‘Newsnight’ breaches editorial guidelines, fudges on antisemitism

h/t J “The production team have been reminded of the importance of clearly summarising the sta...