Razia Iqbal

January 24, 2023

BBC ‘Newshour’ listeners hear one side of a story

The January 18th afternoon edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour’ included ...

January 13, 2023

The background to one of Newshour’s ‘main stories of 2022’

The December 31st afternoon edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour’ included...

January 10, 2023

Partisan terminology and talking points in BBC radio reporting on Temple Mount

Previously we reviewed the BBC News website’s reports relating to a short visit to Temple Mount by...

December 16, 2022

More uncritical BBC promotion of Al Jazeera lawfare

Last month we documented the BBC’s response to a complaint concerning its portrayal of the IDF inv...

November 28, 2022

Redundant framing in BBC radio reporting on Jerusalem terror

Previously we have reviewed coverage of the November 23rd terror attacks in Jerusalem on the BBC New...

November 8, 2021

BBC WS radio continues to promote a monochrome view of the PFLP NGOs story

Since news broke on October 22nd that Israel’s minister of defence had designated six Palestinian ...

September 13, 2021

BBC’s Bateman avoids the word terror in report on escaped prisoners

The September 6th edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour’ included an item (...

August 12, 2021

More of the same in BBC reports from Silwan

Readers may recall that in late June, BBC World Service radio aired a completely one-sided and conte...

August 6, 2021

Reviewing impartiality in BBC coverage of the Sheikh Jarrah case – part two

In part one of this post we discussed the BBC’s use of partisan terminology and its predominant am...

June 25, 2021

BBC WS radio misleads on timeline of arson attacks from Gaza

The final item in the June 16th afternoon edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newsho...