Water

August 2, 2018

BBC WS radio listeners told Israel prevents Gazans from getting fresh air

Four minutes of Hamas lies and propaganda go barely challenged by Jon Donnison....

July 12, 2018

BBC’s ‘Life in the Gaza Strip’ backgrounder not fit for purpose

Over 43,000 people left the Gaza Strip via Erez Crossing in the first half of 2017. A BBC 'backgroun...

June 15, 2018

Israel water tech offer to Iranians not news for the BBC

Six months ago the BBC published a backgrounder on the drought in Iran. What happened when an offer ...

March 15, 2018

BBC News ignores Gaza humanitarian conference

The BBC has been reporting a humanitarian crisis in Gaza for over a decade, so what happened when th...

September 5, 2017

BBC WS ‘big prison’ framing of Gaza Strip misleads audiences – part one

An inadequately introduced activist gets an unchallenged BBC WS stage. ...

July 17, 2017

Landmark Israel-PA agreements not news for the BBC

Israel and the PA recently signed landmark agreements but the BBC has ignored both stories. ...

April 14, 2017

Gaza Strip background the BBC does not provide

As Israel again warns of an impending water crisis in the Gaza Strip, BBC audiences continue to be d...

March 8, 2017

Challenged and unchallenged claims in a BBC ‘Hardtalk’ interview – part two

In part one of this post we looked at the claims and topics on which presenter Stephen Sackur chose ...

January 22, 2017

BBC News ignores two water-related stories

Back in February 2015 the BBC’s chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet produced a numb...

November 15, 2016

Why BBC audiences need an impartial explanation of water issues

BBC audiences are by no means strangers to politicised portrayals of the topic of water: BBC’s “...