A guest post by Joe Geary. The Guardian is so full of gaffes that its nickname is “the Grauniad”: the paper that can’t get anything right, not even its own name. Latest […]
The Guardian: the gaffe that keeps on gaffing
Hadar Sela
BDS is failing – the never-ending story (October 2019)
Here’s the latest installment in our ongoing series of posts documenting BDS fails. Political: German parliament condemns ‘anti-Semitic’ BDS movement The German Bundestag has passed a resolution describing the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions campaign against […]
Examining the BBC’s claim of Palestinian support for the two-state solution
This is a cross-post from BBC Watch. Back in May, in a report concerning Palestinian rejection of the as yet unpublished US peace initiative, BBC News told its audiences that: “It is […]
OFCOM reports on the BBC complaints procedure
This is a cross-post from BBC Watch. On October 24th OFCOM – which in April 2017 became the BBC’s external regulator – published its second annual report on the BBC. “The Royal […]
Guardian reporter promotes unfounded ‘free speech’ hyperbole
On October 17th the Guardian published an article by its chief reporter in the US, Ed Pilkington, under the dramatic headline “Revealed: rightwing push to ban criticism of Israel on US campuses” […]
Weekend long read
A round-up of the week’s Middle East related background reading.
Revisiting a BBC journalist’s claim about ‘Palestinian land’
This is a cross post from BBC Watch.
‘Homemade’ Palestinian weapons return to BBC news reporting
The BBC Jerusalem bureau correspondents repeatedly describe the missile arsenals of the Gaza Strip based terrorist organisations as “homemade rockets”.
BBC News ‘contextualises’ terror attack with ‘settlements’ and ‘international law’
All four versions of the report also closed with the BBC’s standard but partial mantra on ‘settlements’ and ‘international law’ despite the fact that it has nothing to do with the story ostensibly being reported.
Weekend long read
Middle East related background reading.
BBC Radio 4’s uncritical amplification of Ilhan Omar’s falsehood
This is a cross post from BBC Watch.
Superficial BBC reporting of Tlaib and Omar story
This is a cross-post from BBC Watch
BBC approach to gender segregated events differs with location
In Kenya it’s a ‘safe space’. In Israel it’s ‘discrimination’.
BBC Arabic breaches style guide on Temple Mount
This is a cross post from BBC Watch Earlier this week we documented descriptions in BBC World Service radio news bulletins of a premeditated demonstration of intolerance at a site holy to […]
BBC ignores UNRWA ethical abuses story
In 2017 the BBC expanded its links with the news agency AFP as part of its newsgathering process. Unlike many other media outlets – including the corporation’s preferred paper the Guardian – […]
No BBC reporting on arrest of Bahrain workshop participant
While the BBC gave generous coverage to Palestinian Authority and PLO talking points throughout its coverage of the Bahrain conference – and not least their claim to aspire to a ‘two-state solution’ – it has to date completely ignored those threats of violence and the PA’s intimidation of Palestinian citizens.
Hizballah London explosives story not newsworthy for the BBC
A terror plot by Hizballah in the UK, uncovered by MI5 and the Metropolitan Police in the autumn of 2015, just months after the UK signed up to the Iran nuclear deal, was not considered newsworthy by the BBC.
Another BBC antisemitism backgrounder promotes Livingstone Formulation
The BBC has once again legitimised the view that Israel’s supporters in the UK use false charges of antisemitism to silence criticism of Israel.
BBC 2 ‘Newsnight’ fails to challenge misinformation on antisemitism
The news that the Equality and Human Right Commission (EHRC) had opened an investigation into the UK Labour Party in order to determine whether it “has unlawfully discriminated against, harassed or victimised […]
No BBC reporting on terror attacks by PA employees
On May 20th the Israel Security Agency announced that it had solved a series of shooting attacks that were carried out in the Ramallah district. As the Times of Israel reported: “Israel […]
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