Nick Robinson

May 20, 2024

More bizarre terror commentary from the BBC’s John Simpson

The May 12th edition of BBC One’s “Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg” included an interview with th...

April 17, 2024

BBC Radio 4’s Nick Robinson does not convince

The April 15th edition of BBC Radio 4’s ‘Today’ programme received some sharp criticism due to...

November 29, 2023

Jeremy Bowen’s Radio 4 hostage deal claims do not hold water

Previously we discussed one of several items concerning news of a deal to free some of the hostages...

December 23, 2021

BBC touts an unquestioned narrative about ‘Christians in the Holy Land’

Listeners to the December 21st edition of BBC Radio 4’s ‘Today’ programme heard an item (from ...

July 7, 2020

Reviewing BBC R4 Today’s idea of ‘balanced’ coverage – part two

In part one of this post we discussed an interview with the Palestinian Authority’s representative...

July 6, 2020

Reviewing BBC R4 Today’s idea of ‘balanced’ coverage – part one

Between mid-May and the end of June the BBC devoted considerable efforts to the preemptive framing o...

February 2, 2020

BBC Radio 4’s preemptive framing of the ‘Peace to Prosperity’ plan

Half a day before the US administration had released its plan, BBC Radio 4 had already framed the to...

October 16, 2019

BBC portrayal of attacks on synagogues differs according to location

The BBC had no problem describing a shooting attack at a synagogue as terrorism when it happened in ...

April 1, 2019

BBC Radio 4 portrayal of the ‘Great Return March’ anniversary – part one

BBC Radio 4's 'Today' programme adheres to existing editorial policy on Gaza riots....

March 21, 2019

Former ISM activist medic reappears in BBC Radio 4 ‘Today’ show

BBC audiences again told of a ‘paramedic’ who was a Hamas operative. ...