Stephen Sackur

August 2, 2023

BBC’s ‘Hardtalk’ misses the mark in Amnesty International interview

On July 26th the BBC programme ‘Hardtalk’ aired an interview that could have been very informati...

March 23, 2023

BBC’s Hardtalk platforms a one-stater’s distortions and smears – part two

Previously we looked at the first part of the March 16th ‘Hardtalk’ interview with Palestinian p...

March 22, 2023

BBC’s Hardtalk platforms a one stater’s distortions and smears – part one

The Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti has appeared so many times in BBC content over the year...

March 14, 2023

BBC’s Hardtalk unhelpful on Israeli politics

The March 10th editions of the BBC programme ‘Hardtalk’ featured Simcha Rothman who is currently...

February 17, 2023

BBC’s Hardtalk fails to challenge Ken Roth’s Livingstone Formulation claims

On February 13th the BBC aired filmed and audio interviews with the former director of ‘Human Righ...

February 9, 2021

‘Hardtalk’: another chapter in BBC promotion of a political campaign

The interviewee on the January 26thedition of the BBC News Channel programme ‘Hardtalk’ – host...

August 4, 2020

The BBC, the Oslo Accords and the two-state solution

Since the publication of the US administration’s ‘Peace to Prosperity’ proposal in January, va...

July 22, 2020

BBC’s ‘Hardtalk’ lets PLO rep’s falsehoods slide, avoids tough questions

Previously we saw how the BBC programme ‘Hardtalk’ presented the guest interviewed in its July 1...

July 20, 2020

BBC’s ‘Hardtalk’ recycles an inaccuracy previously acknowledged and corrected

In February of this year the BBC’s response to a complaint from CAMERA UK acknowledged that the PL...

July 15, 2020

‘Hardtalk’ recycles the BBC’s Area C story talking points

Our review of coverage of the potential application of Israeli civilian law to specific parts of Are...