Stephen Sackur

September 2, 2014

‘Hardtalk’: a test case for BBC claims of ‘equal coverage’

As has been noted here previously, on July 5th – three days before Operation Protective Edge comm...

September 2, 2014

One to watch: BBC’s ‘Hardtalk’ hosts Gideon Levy

The BBC’s ‘Hardtalk’ team has been visiting the Middle East and the September 2nd ...

July 31, 2014

BBC interviews: CAMERA's Alex Safian compares and contrasts

Our CAMERA colleague Alex Safian has been taking a look at the differing styles of three recent BBC ...

July 25, 2014

More BBC amplification of Hamas 'siege' propaganda

On July 24th the BBC News website’s Middle East page featured an excerpt from what it termed a...

June 6, 2014

The BBC’s inaccurate and misleading representation of Israeli building – part one

On January 10th 2014 the BBC News website informed its audiences that “Israel announces plans ...

March 4, 2014

BBC’s ‘Hardtalk’ interview with Israel’s Minister of Economy and Commerce

For those who have not yet had the chance to view it, here is the February 24th ‘HardtalkR...

February 28, 2014

BBC’s Hardtalk provides platform for Saeb Erekat’s fabricated histories – part two

In part one of this post we looked at the first part of an interview with Saeb Erekat on the BBC pro...

February 27, 2014

BBC’s Hardtalk provides platform for Saeb Erekat’s fabricated histories – part one

The February 18th edition of the BBC’s ‘Hardtalk’ featured presenter Stephen Sacku...

January 26, 2014

Rinse and repeat: BBC’s ‘Hardtalk’ enabling Roger Waters’ hogwash

h/t J On January 1st 2014 the BBC World News programme ‘Hardtalk‘ chose to broadcast a ...

November 11, 2013

BBC misrepresents Israel’s stance on P5+1 talks yet again

On October 1st 2013 the Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu gave a speech at the UN General As...