Tim Franks

February 1, 2021

Jerusalem: where BBC and PLO approaches meet

The final item in the January 25th evening edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newsh...

December 15, 2020

BBC WS Arab affairs editor misleads on Sudan and Morocco

The December 10th edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour’ included an item (...

September 29, 2020

REVIEWING BBC WS RADIO’S FRAMING OF THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS

Previously we reviewed BBC Radio 4’s framing of the signing of the Abraham Accords on September 15...

July 30, 2020

Reviewing BBC Jerusalem bureau reporting on the Har Dov incident

Most of the BBC’s reporting on the security incident which took place on the afternoon of July 27t...

July 23, 2020

BBC’s Knell twice amplifies the false claim of a ‘siege’ on the Gaza Strip

On July 20th a filmed report titled “Gaza’s disturbing cases of suicides” – credited to ...

July 8, 2020

BBC radio backtracks on non-starter story it promoted for weeks

Previously we discussed a report by BBC Jerusalem bureau correspondent Yolande Knell which appeared ...

April 23, 2020

BBC WS radio presents a partial portrayal of ‘annexation’

The April 20th evening edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour’ included a di...

March 29, 2020

BBC WS isolates narrative from context in another Gaza Corona report

As we have previously documented (see ‘related articles’ below), in the past couple of weeks the...

February 18, 2020

BBC WS radio jumps on the Gaza comparison bandwagon

'Newshour' chose to highlight one sentence from a six-minute interview....

February 6, 2020

BBC WS radio promotes US peace plan commentary from partisan lobbying group

Newshour listeners were told that the US plan is "an act of geo-political arson"....