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BBC News report on UNRWA funding story omits relevant background
On January 16th the BBC News website published a report headlined “US holds back $65m aid to Palestinians” on its ‘US & Canada’ and ‘Middle East’ pages. Readers were told that: “The US is...
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More BBC promotion of PA messaging on US embassy
The US State Department’s February 23rd announcement concerning the opening of an interim embassy in Jerusalem this coming May was the topic of an article published on the BBC News website’s Middle...
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BBC WS airs ‘Great Return March’ falsehoods and more
The May 13th edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Weekend‘ – presented by Julian Worricker – included a long item (from 04:38 here) relating to the next day’s opening of the new US embassy...
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BBC News report on US closure of PLO mission fails to adequately inform
On September 10th a story that has been brewing for a long time was reported on the BBC News website under the headline “US to shut Palestinian mission in Washington“. Nearly 22% of the 578-word...
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BBC World Service radio adopts the PLO’s language
The October 19th afternoon edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour‘ included an item relating to the previous day’s announcement by the US Secretary of State concerning the merging...
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A politicised BBC report on a new train line
On November 1st an unattributed filmed report titled “On board the new Jerusalem-Tel Aviv fast train” appeared on the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ page with the following synopsis: “It’s been a...
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Revisiting BBC messaging on the Balfour Declaration
This time last year, the BBC’s generous multi-platform coverage of the Balfour Declaration centenary had just come to an end. As documented in our subsequent overview of the relevant BBC content: “Most...
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BBC radio audiences hear one-sided reports from Yolande Knell
In the news bulletin at the beginning of the July 22nd edition of the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘World at One’ listeners heard the following report (from 04:17 here) presented by newsreader Neil Sleat....
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Reviewing the impartiality of BBC radio reports on the Pompeo statement
Earlier this week we reviewed inaccurate claims made in reports aired on BBC radio stations about a statement made by the US Secretary of State. BBC Radio 4 promotes the ‘four decades of US policy’...
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BBC Two ‘Newsnight’ viewers misled on 1949 Armistice lines
The January 28th edition of BBC’s Two’s ‘Newsnight’ included a report by the programme’s diplomatic editor Mark Urban on the topic of the peace plan launched by the US administration earlier in the...
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