Everything you need to know about today’s coverage of Israel and the Mideast. Join the Israel Daily News Stream on Facebook. Today’s Top Stories 1. AP: Mohammed Morsi’s trying to smooth...
Formal Inquiry Into BBC Liberal Bias
Stuart Prebble The BBC’s under the microscope for liberal bias. The BBC Trust is setting up an independent review of its coverage of religion, immigration, and Europe. The Guardian writes: It may...
Has the BBC Exposed Its Own Mideast Bias?
I doubt we’ll ever find out how the covered-up Balen report assessed the BBC’s Israeli-Palestinian coverage. But the Mortimer report — Edward Mortimer’s assessment of the Beeb’s...
BBC’s Bad News: 2 Scandals in 1 Day
Rupert Murdoch’s probably enjoying a day’s respite from the phone-hacking scorn being heaped upon him. Today is the BBC’s bad PR day. First this from The Independent: The BBC has admitted...
BBC Trust Upholds Complaint About Settlement Moratorium Coverage
Last September, Israel ended a moratorium on building in already-existing settlements. Unfortunately, the BBC Today program inaccurately described moratorium in far broader terms, stating, “The moratorium...
Special Alert: BBC Mideast Editor Guilty of Inaccuracy on Israel
BBC’s Mideast editor rebuked for breaching impartiality and accuracy rules.
