The World Tonight

March 25, 2021

Reviewing BBC coverage of Israel’s election day

In comparison with previous Israeli elections in 2013, 2015, April 2019, September 2019 and 2020, BB...

October 7, 2020

BBC portrayal of the upcoming Israel-Lebanon maritime border talks

On October 1st the BBC News website published a report headlined “Lebanon and Israel to hold ̵...

August 19, 2020

Inaccuracies in BBC reporting on the Israel-UAE agreement – part two

As documented here earlier, BBC reporting on the announcement concerning the normalisation of relat...

July 9, 2020

Reviewing the impartiality of BBC radio coverage of potential application of civil law to parts of Area C

The BBC’s editorial guidelines on impartiality state: “Due impartiality usually involves more ...

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...

March 15, 2020

BBC re-promotes the usual Gaza narratives in multiple Coronavirus reports

Reporting by BBC Jerusalem bureau staff on the topic of Coronavirus has so far focused mainly on Bet...

March 9, 2020

BBC Radio 4 airs superficial report on Israel’s Coronavirus measures

Listeners heard nothing about cooperation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. ...

February 12, 2020

BBC Radio 4 promotes a redundant comparison

The BBC's choice of take-away line from a five minute interview is revealing. ...