Stephen Sackur

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...

June 26, 2020

BBC’s Hardtalk fails to ‘build understanding’ in interview with ICC president

The purpose of BBC news and current affairs programmes is defined as follows: “The BBC should prov...

March 1, 2020

BBC’s ‘Hardtalk’ promotes half a story from 2014

The failure to provide context to an incident brought up by Sackur prevents audience understanding. ...

May 26, 2019

Hamas once again given a platform on the BBC’s ‘Hardtalk’

The BBC once again provides a member of a terrorist organisation with a platform from which to disse...

March 18, 2019

BBC’s Stephen Sackur does ‘the Israeli psyche’

'Hardtalk' host once again promotes his narrative on Israel....

January 13, 2019

BBC ‘Hardtalk’ interview highlights presenter’s Israel fixation

BBC audiences hear that Jews are hypocritical for castigating Jeremy Corbyn. ...

November 28, 2018

BBC audiences materially misled by inaccurate claims from ‘Hardtalk’ host

Distorted statistics and inaccurate claims sell 'Hardtalk' audiences short....

September 14, 2018

BBC’s Hardtalk presenter claims Israel ‘slaughters civilian protesters’

BBC promotion of a false narrative concerning the 'Great Return March' continues. ...

August 13, 2018

Palestinian envoy’s falsehoods go unchallenged on BBC’s ‘Hardtalk’ – part two

An opportunity to provide BBC audiences with insight into internal Palestinian politics is wasted. ...