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BBC shows footage of ‘apparent rocket attack’ on north Israel
h/t @Lsorang on Twitter At around 16:30 on August 22nd four missiles were fired from the Tyre area in southern Lebanon at communities in northern Israel. One missile was intercepted by the Iron Dome...
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BBC’s Orla Guerin ignores the elephant in southern Lebanon
On January 29th the BBC’s Cairo correspondent Orla Guerin was to be found in southern Lebanon making a filmed report for BBC television news which was also posted on the BBC News website’s Middle East...
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The BBC News website’s muddled geography confuses audiences
On April 7th a report appeared on the BBC News website’s Middle East page under the title “Israel admits its fire killed Spanish UN peacekeeper“. Readers are told: “A Spanish soldier who was killed in...
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An Iranian story the BBC chose not to translate
Last week IranWire reported a story which opens as follows: “Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) has released details of a private meeting between Iran’s top nuclear negotiator and IRIB...
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Nasrallah speech necessitates update of BBC’s Hizballah profile
As we noted here a few months ago, the BBC is decidedly coy on the subject of Iranian terror financing in general and its material support for Hizballah in particular. “The BBC News website’s coverage...
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Visiting BBC journalist provides some refreshing reporting
A BBC correspondent usually based in Mexico City is currently visiting Israel and on July 12th produced two reports – one written and one filmed – relating to the tenth anniversary of the Second...
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Why BBC audiences won’t understand the next Israel-Hizballah conflict – part one
The July 12th edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour’ included an item (from 14:08 here) about the tenth anniversary of the Second Lebanon War which was introduced by presenter...
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Why BBC audiences won’t understand the next Israel-Hizballah conflict – part two
As noted in part one of this post the BBC’s correspondent in Beirut, Rami Ruhayem, produced both audio and written reports on the tenth anniversary of the Second Lebanon War on July 12th. The written...
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Reviewing BBC reporting of Hizballah’s violations of UNSC Resolution 1701
On August 12th 2006 the BBC News website reported that: “The UN Security Council has unanimously approved a new resolution calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. Resolution 1701 calls...
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BBC reports on Lebanese presidential election omit relevant information
October 31st saw the appearance of two BBC News website reports concerning the long-awaited election of a president in Lebanon. A report currently going under the headline “Lebanon: Michel Aoun elected...
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BBC still mum on Hizballah’s human shields in south Lebanon
Back in August we reviewed the BBC’s coverage of Hizballah’s violations of UNSC resolution 1701 throughout the ten years since it was passed. “The BBC’s public purpose remit commits it to keeping its...
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In which BBC News manages to avoid Syrian propaganda for a change
It is of course alarming that the fact that a BBC News report does not include Assad regime propaganda should be noteworthy – but that is the case with an article published on the BBC News website on...
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BBC’s Bowen tells WS listeners Israel bombs Syria ‘regularly’
The lead story in the January 13th edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour’ was introduced by presenter Paul Henley (from 01:00 here) as follows: “First; not for the first time,...
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BBC failure to provide context in Hizballah weapons stories continues
On March 17th an article appeared on the BBC News website’s Middle East page under the headline “Israel’s Arrow anti-missile system ‘in first hit’“. The article opens with a ‘last-first’ summary of the...
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BBC News yawns over another violation of UNSC resolution 1701
One might have assumed that the blatant violation of a UN Security Council resolution by a terrorist group and a government’s armed forces would have been of interest to a media organisation that has...
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BBC News website promotes an ‘Israeli attack’ that wasn’t
On April 27th an article titled “Syria war: ‘Israeli strike’ hits military site near Damascus airport” appeared on the BBC News website’s Middle East page. As can be understood from its headline, the...
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Omission and inaccuracy in BBC’s ‘Wonder Woman’ Lebanon ban report
On the evening of May 31st an article titled “Wonder Woman banned by Lebanon over Israeli lead Gal Gadot” appeared on the BBC News website’s Middle East and Entertainment & Arts pages. The report...
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Another UN SC resolution violation goes unreported by the BBC
As has been noted here on numerous occasions in the past, the BBC not only routinely ignores the topic of Hizballah’s continuous violations of UN Security Council resolution 1701, but has even...
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Weekend long read
1) On July 13th the BBC and CBS News announced a new partnership. “BBC News and CBS News announced today a new editorial and newsgathering relationship that will significantly enhance the global...
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Will the new man in Beirut improve the BBC’s record of reporting?
The BBC’s Martin Patience recently announced his upcoming relocation to Beirut on Twitter. This is not Patience’s first posting in the Middle East: he spent two years reporting for the BBC from...
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