Posts Tagged: bbc
BBC is ‘Part of the Problem’ Says UK Jewish Leader, After Top Executive Highlights Rise in UK Anti-Semitism
Jonathan Arkush, the vice-president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, has charged the BBC with exacerbating the sense of insecurity felt by British...
Israeli Minister Naftali Bennett Explains Why BBC Doesn’t Want to Show Pictures of Murdered Jews
"Yesterday they told me on the BBC they do not want to see pictures of murdered Jews. Now I know why," wrote Israeli Economy Minister...
Media Gaffes Mark Coverage of Palestinian Atrocity at Jerusalem Synagogue; CNN Says Attack Took Place in Mosque (VIDEO)
CNN's coverage of this morning's terrorist atrocity at a Jerusalem synagogue included a live interview with Jerusalem's agonized mayor, Nir Barkat, who forthrightly told the...
BBC Defense of ‘Anti-Semitic’ Exchange Draws Fire From UK Jewish Community
Despite receiving 33 complaints from viewers about a panel discussion that openly promoted anti-Semitic stereotypes, the BBC, Britain's publicly-funded broadcaster, has defended the exchange, leading...
BBC Panel Discussion of Wealthy Jews Ripped Over Anti-Semitic Stereotypes
A late-night BBC television news broadcast about the disillusionment among Jewish donors with Britain's Labour Party leader Ed Miliband quickly degenerated into an exchange of...
Another Misleading Headline on a Palestinian Terror Story, From the BBC
The uninitiated reader spying the BBC's initial headline about this morning's terrorist attack in Jerusalem - "Driver hits pedestrians in Jerusalem" - could have been...
The BBC’s Ongoing, Pervasive Distortion of Gaza Casualty Figures
On September 1, the BBC News website published a feature titled "Gaza crisis: Toll of operations in Gaza," which has since become a frequent appendage...
Hebrew Heard Throughout Southern Lebanon as Residents Watch World Cup
"Israeli commentators' voices in Hebrew can be heard everywhere in south Lebanon; in people's houses, balconies and courtyards because the country has failed to allocate...
Egyptian Satirist’s Plagiarism of Jewish Author Prompts Anti-Semitic Maelstrom on Twitter
Cairo-based satirist Bassem Youssef, the host of Egypt's popular El Bernameg news program, sparked a controversy this month when he plagiarized an article about Putin's Russia published...
SodaStream CEO: Scarlett Johansson Encouraging Us to ‘Stay the Course’ (VIDEO)
Daniel Birnbaum, CEO of SodaStream, said the company's new celebrity spokeswoman, Jewish actress Scarlett Johansson, is encouraging him "to stay the course." In an interview on the...
BBC to Air Hebrew-Language Program for First Time Ever (VIDEO)
The BBC will air Israeli television program 'Hostages' in Hebrew with English subtitles, the first-time ever at the BBC and only the second time in...
BBC’s ‘Today’ Program Implies Israel Persecutes Christians
As noted in the comments to a previous post and in numerous e-mails arriving in the BBC Watch inbox, on Friday, November 15, 2013, the...
BBC Trust Censures Show for Inaccurate Portrayal of Six Day War
The BBC Trust has decided that Dan Snow breached its Editorial Guidelines on accuracy when he implied that Israel had started the Six Day...
Israeli Minister Steinitz: We Hope That the Diplomatic Process With Iran Will Succeed
Israel is holding out hope that it won't have to launch a military operation to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions, Israel's Minister of Strategic Affairs Yuval...
