30 August 2013 — Electronic Intifada
Tag: Amena Saleem
BBC editor urged colleagues to downplay Israel’s siege of Gaza By Amena Saleem
30 August 2013 — Electronic Intifada
BBC questioned over why it pulled documentary on Jerusalem By Amena Saleem
The BBC is coming under increasing pressure from British Members of Parliament (MPs) and leading pro-Palestinian organizations over recent decisions that throw its impartiality in reporting on the Israeli occupation into serious doubt.
Senior BBC official insists that all of Jerusalem is an “Israeli” city By Amena Saleem
The BBC has provided evidence this week that it prefers to use the territorial claims of the Israeli government to the whole of Jerusalem as a framework for its reporting, rather than acknowledging international law.
Senior BBC official insists that all of Jerusalem is an “Israeli” city By Amena Saleem
The BBC has provided evidence this week that it prefers to use the territorial claims of the Israeli government to the whole of Jerusalem as a framework for its reporting, rather than acknowledging international law.
Apologists for Israel take top posts at BBC By Amena Saleem
23 April 2013 — The Electronic Intifada
Israel’s occupation is airbrushed from the BBC’s coverage.
The American poet T.S. Eliot wrote that “April is the cruelest month.” The phrase springs to mind in April 2013, the month that a new director-general took up his post at the BBC and, within two weeks, had installed a line-up of hardline Zionists at the top of the world’s largest publicly-funded news organization.
BBC defends false claims linking Rachel Corrie to killings of Israeli soldiers By Amena Saleem
3 April 2013 — The Electronic Intifada
The extent to which the BBC is prepared to misreport on the Israeli occupation has been made clear once again. A new ruling by the BBC Trust has defended the corporation’s coverage of the Rachel Corrie case, even though it falsely implied that the unarmed activist was in some way responsible for the deaths of Israeli soldiers.
As Israel assaults Gaza, BBC reporting assaults the truth By Amena Saleem
BBC has shown deference to Israeli government line in its reporting on Gaza in recent days
BBC Trust rules in favour of censoring ‘Palestine’
3 February 2012 — PSC
The BBC has denied it was wrong to edit the word ‘Palestine‘ from an artist’s performance on Radio 1Xtra, but has said its producers may have been ‘overcautious’. Continue reading
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