CAMERA-UK has cast a critical eye on the BBC’s coverage of an Israeli attack on a building in southern Lebanon. Its report is here: “BBC Eye Lebanon investigation promotes ‘spiteful enemy’ narrative,” by Hadar Sela, CAMERA UK, January 26, 2025: As we have noted in the past, one indicator of the fact that the BBC is trying to […]
More On the BBC, If You Can Stand It
Ah, the BBC. What would we do without that grand panjandrum of the air? The BBC reporters no longer are required to have the plummy voices that were de rigueur when Lord Reith ruled the roost before the Second World War. Estuary English is good enough these days. But if you are a BBC reporter […]
UK: National Union of Journalists Tells Members to Wear Colors of Palestinian Flag or a Keffiyeh
In Britain, the National Union of Journalists has directed its members to wear the colors of the Palestinian flag, or keffiyehs, to demonstrate solidarity with Palestinians. As a result, some journalists at the BBC have quit the union. More on this latest open display of anti-Israel animus by journalists, who are supposed to be neutral, […]
BBC Misrepresents Islamic Scholar’s Fatwa Denouncing Hamas’ October 7 Attacks
The senior Islamic scholar in Gaza, Salman Al-Dayeh, has issued a fatwa in which he criticizes Hamas for its October 7 attack, not because of what the terrorists did to Israelis, but because of the powerful response that attack elicited from the IDF, that has caused death and destruction in Gaza. The BBC, however, reported […]
BBC Relies on Hamas-Linked Doctor for its Reports on Gaza Casualties
The BBC has a disturbing habit of relying on Hamas sympathizers for reports on civilian casualties in Gaza. David Collier takes note here of yet another BBC story about a supposed “massacre” in Gaza whose sole source is a Hamas-linked doctor: “BBC News promote yet another Hamas ‘doctor,’” David Collier, November 11, 2024: Yesterday, the […]
More Than 100 BBC Staffers Complain of Its ‘Pro-Israel Bias’
It’s not possible to take this complaint seriously. If you have over the years listened to the likes of John Simpson, Jeremy Bowen, Barbara Plett, Orla Guerin, Yolande Knell, and so many other BBC reporters and editors who display their deep anti-Israel animus in every other sentence, you know that the BBC is unshakably on […]
William Dalrymple and Owen Jones Claim That the BBC is Too Pro-Israel
The BBC is unshakably on the side of the Palestinians and completely unsympathetic toward Israel. But apparently for 100 of its staffers, the BBC has been insufficiently hostile toward Israel, and they have signed a joint letter of protest, demanding that the BBC do even more of what it has been doing all along. Cosigning […]
BBC stands by its repeated featuring of ‘Palestinian’ doctor who praised jihadis who ‘killed the Jews’
The BBC’s response below is brazenly dishonest. They never feature informed pro-Israel speakers or anyone who even comes close to speaking honestly and accurately about the Islamic jihad imperative. “BBC stands by ‘kill the Jews’ doctor,” by Jane Prinsley, The JC, October 9, 2024: A Gazan doctor who praised Palestinians who “killed the Jews” appeared […]
BBC livestreams Khamenei propaganda speech: Oct. 7 jihad massacre was ‘logical and legal’
What f*ck is going on? Seriously. Look at both of these images. The BBC have just live streamed Ayatollah Khamenei’s propaganda speech for 40 minutes and put on their banner his quotes: “October 7th was logical and legal” “Missile Attack on Israel ‘legal and legitimate”… pic.twitter.com/8Su2lxtO0C — Kosher🎗🧡 (@K0sher_C0ckney) October 4, 2024 Well, now it’s […]
BBC airs proof Hamas is a terrorist group only after insisting that all references to it as terrorist be removed
Just when you think that the BBC can’t sink any lower, it finds a way. “BBC airs Nova massacre film after insisting references to Hamas as terrorists removed,” Times of Israel, September 27, 2024: “We Will Dance Again,” a full-length documentary film about the Hamas massacre of over 360 people at the Supernova music festival […]