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Another example of inadequate BBC adherence to impartiality guidelines
Readers no doubt recall that last October the BBC’s Editorial Complaints Unit recommitted to BBC editorial guidelines on impartiality which state: “We should not automatically assume that contributors...
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BBC whitewashes 20th century Jewish emigration from Egypt
BBC Arabic’s Sally Nabil in Cairo has recently produced two items on the topic of what remains of the Egyptian Jewish community. On September 18th a filmed report for BBC television news programmes was...
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BBC WS ‘Newshour’ provides a platform for UNRWA’s political campaigning
As has been noted here previously, the BBC’s coverage of the recent Cairo donor conference aimed at securing funding for reconstruction in the Gaza Strip was quite extensive with the scene set by...
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BBC amplifies defamatory hearsay on shooting of Glick attacker on multiple...
The BBC has given quite a lot of column space and airtime to the topic of the closure of Temple Mount to visitors in order to reduce the likelihood of violence in Jerusalem after the attempted murder...
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Another breach of editorial guidelines in yet more BBC promotion of ‘Breaking...
On May 5th the BBC continued its previous day’s promotion of the booklet of anonymous claims published by the political NGO ‘Breaking the Silence’ with an additional item on the BBC World Service radio...
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In which James Menendez ditches the BBC’s remit for political grandstanding
A pretty good indicator of whether a BBC interviewer’s questions are intended to promote audience “understanding of international issues” or rather designed to grandstand his or her own political...
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BBC WS Gaza disengagement retrospective promotes narrative of equivalence
Anyone searching for BBC coverage of the ten-year anniversary of Israel’s disengagement from the Gaza Strip would have been struck by the absence of content relating to that topic – until now. On...
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A worldwide platform for incitement from BBC Arabic’s Nawal Assad
In addition to the written report discussed in a previous post, the rioting on Temple Mount on September 13th was also the subject of a radio report (available here from 26:35) broadcast on the BBC...
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BBC WS’s ‘Newshour’ continues the promotion of a myth
The afternoon and evening editions of the January 15th BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour’ – both presented by James Menendez – included coverage of the Paris conference which took place that...
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BBC’s Israel-Al Jazeera row reporting displays double standards – part two
As was noted in part one of this post, BBC News website reporting on the Israeli government’s intention to bar Al Jazeera from reporting and broadcasting in Israel failed to provide any examples of the...
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BBC WS ‘Newshour’ Balfour Declaration centenary special – part one
Like its Radio 4 counterpart ‘Today’, the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour‘ aired a Balfour Declaration centenary special on November 2nd. “A century since the British government letter...
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BBC WS ‘Newshour’ Balfour Declaration centenary special – part two
The second part (see part one here) of the ‘Newshour‘ Balfour Declaration centenary special that was aired on BBC World Service radio on November 2nd began (from 30:04 here) with a reading of the...
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Four BBC radio reports on the same topic promote politicised themes
Listeners to BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service radio recently heard four different radio reports on the same topic. The maker of those reports, Linda Pressly, described one of them as “a different...
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Fatah disinformation goes unchallenged on the BBC World Service
On December 28th the afternoon edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour‘ – presented by James Menendez – included an interview (from 00:51 here) with Israel’s education minister...
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BBC WS ‘Newshour’ erases context from revisited Gaza story
The March 21st afternoon edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour‘ included an interview that was described by presenter James Menendez at the start of the show as follows: Menendez:...
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BBC WS misleads on Israel’s capital city yet again
On April 3rd the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour‘ aired an item relating to a statement made by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince. Presenter James Menendez described the story as follows (from...
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Unbalanced promotion of UNRWA PR on BBC World Service radio
Both before and after the US administration announced on January 16th that it would be withholding part of its donation to the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) the BBC produced numerous reports on...
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The omission in a BBC WS opinion piece based interview
On July 1st an opinion piece by former IDF Spokesman Peter Lerner was published in the Ha’aretz newspaper under the title “Should Israel Open Its Borders to Desperate Syrian Refugees?“. On July 4th the...
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One sided reports from BBC Arabic’s Nida Ibrahim – part three
As we have seen in previous posts, reports by BBC Arabic’s Nida Ibrahim on the topic of the release of Ahed Tamimi from prison were seen by viewers of BBC television and visitors to the BBC News...
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BBC double standards in reporting social media incitement evident again
As we have seen in the past BBC reporting on social media incitement to violence and/or glorification of terrorism differs depending on location. Reviewing BBC reporting on social media incitement in...
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