Razia Iqbal

January 15, 2021

BBC continues to omit context to recurrent story

The final item in the January 11th afternoon edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘New...

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 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...

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’ ...

July 17, 2020

BBC’s Bateman visits Hizballah tunnels but fails to tell the whole story

When, in late 2018 and early 2019, Israel discovered several tunnels dug underneath its northern bor...

July 3, 2020

One issue, two complaints and two different BBC responses

One thing that members of the public who fund the BBC – and its complaints procedure – should su...

May 19, 2020

BBC News and BBC Radio 4 mislead audiences with July 1 ‘annexation’ claim

Listeners to the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘The World Tonight’ on May 14th heard an item (from 36:51...

March 26, 2020

BBC Radio 4 spreads inaccurate Gaza healthcare canard

The healthcare system in the Gaza Strip has suffered from shortages of medical equipment and supplie...

February 3, 2020

BBC’s ‘Newshour’ serves up ‘rumours and leaks’ with one-sided analysis

BBC World Service radio made no attempt whatsoever to provide listeners with a 'range and depth of a...

December 4, 2019

BBC radio coverage of the Chief Rabbi’s article – part two

Distortions, spin and downright lies go unchallenged on two BBC radio stations. ...