Tom Bateman

January 17, 2021

BBC Jerusalem correspondent continues to cloud vaccinations issue

Previously we saw that the BBC is well aware of the fact that under the terms of the Oslo II agreeme...

January 8, 2021

REVIEWING BBC NEWS WEBSITE COVERAGE OF PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS IN 2020

Our monthly summaries of BBC News website coverage of Israel and the Palestinians (see ‘related ...

January 5, 2021

BBC’s Bateman fails to unravel Coronavirus vaccinations canard

Previously we looked at Lyse Doucet’s amplification of the false claim that Israel is responsible ...

January 3, 2021

SUMMARY OF BBC NEWS WEBSITE PORTRAYAL OF ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS – DECEMBER 2020

Throughout the month of December 2020, twenty-eight written or filmed reports relating to Israel and...

December 13, 2020

The BBC Jerusalem bureau’s unsatisfactory ticking of the impartiality box

On December 7th the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ page featured a short report by the Jerus...

December 10, 2020

Reviewing BBC reporting on UAE investment in Beitar Jerusalem FC

On December 8th the BBC Jerusalem bureau’s Tom Bateman produced a filmed report on a topic which h...

October 26, 2020

BBC’s multi-platform olive harvest binge continues

As previously documented, a visit by the BBC Jerusalem bureau correspondent Tom Bateman to the villa...

October 25, 2020

BBC’s Bateman recycles his olive harvest report for Radio 4

Last week we reviewed a filmed report by the BBC Jerusalem bureau’s Tom Bateman which appeared on ...

October 19, 2020

BBC Jerusalem bureau’s olive harvest report features inadequately presented ‘activists’

Late on October 16th the BBC News website published a filmed report by the BBC Jerusalem bureau’s ...

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...