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The Duma terror attack and BBC consistency
Five days on from the shocking terror attack in Duma in which toddler Ali Dawabsha was murdered and members of his family injured, there has to date been no official publication of information relating...
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BBC News misleads audiences on administrative detention
On August 5th an article appeared on the BBC News website’s Middle East page under the headline “Israel jails suspected Jewish militant without trial“. The original version of the article – which...
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Terrorism the BBC chose not to report this week
Most of the coverage of Israel appearing on the BBC News website’s Middle East page over the past week has been devoted to the topic of the arson attack in Duma on July 31st (which has now claimed...
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BBC ‘Dateline London’ guest: Israel kills babies as policy
h/t Sussex Friends of Israel The BBC editorial guidelines – which of course apply to all content broadcast by the corporation, including commissioned programmes – include guidance on live output which...
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BBC News coverage of terrorism – July 2015
The Israel Security Agency’s report on terror attacks during July 2015 (English here, Hebrew here) shows that throughout the month a total of 107 incidents took place: 63 in Judea & Samaria, 42 in...
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Yolande Knell passes up chance to mend previous BBC stereotyping
The August 25th edition of the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘PM’ – presented by Eddie Mair – included an item (from 36:40 here) by Yolande Knell of the BBC’s Jerusalem Bureau. Mair’s introduction includes the...
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More stereotyping of half a million Israelis from the BBC
On September 7th the news of the death of a third victim of the arson attack on a house in Duma at the end of July was featured prominently on the BBC News website with the wording: “The mother of a...
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More evidence of BBC News double standards on use of the word terror
BBC coverage of the ongoing wave of Palestinian terrorism against Israelis which began in mid-September has been hallmarked by blanket avoidance of the use of the word terror to describe the attacks or...
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BBC’s Connolly turns R4 report on Duma case into racism smear
The February 13th edition of the BBC Radio 4 news and current affairs programme ‘Today’ included an item (from 18:41 here) which was introduced by presenter Nick Robinson as follows: “When three...
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BBC Complaints clarifies discrepancies in terminology when reporting terrorism
BBC coverage of the terror attack in Duma last summer and the subsequent investigation has thrown a spotlight on the differing terminology employed to describe the suspects in that case and other...
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Reviewing BBC News website follow-up reporting on terrorism in Israel
On July 3rd the BBC News website published a report titled “Jesus ‘miracle church’: Jewish extremist found guilty of arson” about a trial concerning an incident that took place just over two years ago....
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