Omar Masharawi

December 24, 2023

‘When did you stop beating your wife?’ reporting from the BBC

Eleven years have passed since the BBC vigorously promoted the unverified claim that the infant son ...

July 11, 2019

BBC One’s ‘Panorama’ on Labour antisemitism raises another issue

John Ware's documentary is a welcome step but the BBC needs to put its own house in order too....

November 17, 2017

Revisiting a five year-old BBC story

The BBC has never explained how its editorial standards were breached in November 2012. ...

October 8, 2014

After effects 3: BBC accuracy failure still being used against Israel

On July 23rd 2014 a member of staff at the Guardian decided to use a certain photograph to illustrat...

December 29, 2013

The BBC story making 2013 round-up headlines

One particular BBC story has been making the headlines in various round-ups of Middle East media cov...

June 8, 2013

After effects 2 : BBC accuracy failure again used to promote hatred

Back in April we noted that the image of BBC employee Jihad Masharawi holding the body of his son Om...

April 22, 2013

After effects: BBC accuracy failure used to promote hate

Back in March, when the UN HRC produced a report in which it established that the son of BBC Arabic ...

March 19, 2013

CiF Watch prompts correction at ‘The Independent’ to Omar Misharawi story

On March 13, we posted a round-up of how the major British papers responded to new revelations regar...

March 17, 2013

Update on the BBC's Omar Masharawi story

A member of the public has informed BBC Watch that he heard a correction made on BBC radio on March ...

March 11, 2013

A reminder of the chronology of the BBC's Omar Masharawi story

As media outlets return to work after the weekend, the news (reported here last week) that a recent ...