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BBC WS Newsday’s one-sided ‘peace process’ reporting – part two
As we saw in part one of this post, on August 24th the lead story in the early edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newsday‘ related to a visit to the Middle East by a US delegation. That...
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BBC practice of repeat reporting of Israeli planning permits continues
Earlier this month the BBC’s most quoted Israeli newspaper, Ha’aretz, published an article by Barak Ravid and Chaim Levinson titled “Netanyahu Pledged 3,800 New Settlement Homes, but Only 600 Will Be...
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BBC News website misleads on construction plans
As documented here last week, early on the morning of July 27th a report concerning a terror attack that had taken place the previous evening in the community of Geva Binyamin (Adam) was published on...
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BBC audiences again get news from a political NGO
As is usually the case in BBC News website reports that come under the category of ‘ethically selective interest in Israeli planning permits’, the prime source quoted and promoted in the August 22nd...
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BBC News report omits significant information
On the morning of July 22nd a report headlined “Israel demolishes ‘illegal’ homes under Palestinian control” was published on the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ page. The original version of the...
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More repetition of the BBC’s partial narrative on construction
On the afternoon of July 31st the BBC News website published a report headlined “Israel backs West Bank homes for settlers and Palestinians” on its ‘Middle East’ page. Unfortunately for any reader...
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BBC radio audiences get ‘the word’ and ‘theories’ instead of facts and analysis
On the same day that the BBC News website published a highly partial report on the topic of new Israeli building permits, listeners to the July 31st evening edition of the BBC World Service radio...
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BBC Complaints makes it up as it goes along
Back in August listeners to BBC Radio 4’s ‘Today’ programme heard a report from Yolande Knell on the topic of property transactions carried out by the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem. Inaccurate and...
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BBC News report on Jerusalem planning fails to meet impartiality guidelines
On the afternoon of November 6th the BBC News website published a report headlined “Jerusalem: Israel approves controversial Old City cable car plan” on its ‘Middle East’ page. The report is...
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More BBC News promotion of its politicised narrative on Jerusalem
A report headlined “Jerusalem: Jordan condemns Israeli Western Wall railway plan” was published on the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East page on February 18th. The apparent purpose of the report is to...
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