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Media Watch

The good and the bad of media coverage of Palestine

BBC questioned over why it pulled documentary on Jerusalem

A program questioning Zionist claims was recently pulled from the broadcasting schedule at the last minute.

Al Jazeera roiled by US manager’s decision to censor Joseph Massad article

Fears about the effect of op-ed’s criticism of Zionism on the launch of Al Jazeera America motivated top manager Ehab Al Shihabi’s move to remove article.

Senior BBC official insists that all of Jerusalem is an “Israeli” city

From its refusal to acknowledge international law to the withholding of facts from its audiences, the BBC’s reporting wholly favors the Israeli agenda.

BBC airs Israeli "Independence Day" propaganda presented as documentary

BBC’s recent behavior has left it with no defense against claims of pro-Israel bias.

BBC admits downplaying the scale of Israel's occupation

Why are BBC presenters telling audiences that only part of the West Bank is occupied?

Syria appeal highlights BBC hypocrisy on Gaza

The BBC prepares to air a DEC appeal for Syria, four years after refusing to show a similar appeal for Gaza

NYT denies reality of Israeli occupation

An editor in the “journal of record” has defended how the paper apes Israeli references to “disputed territories.”

Subscription offer from liberal Israeli newspaper helps JNF, a "charity" implicated in ethnic cleansing

Give your money to the liberal Israeli newspaper Haaretz and you may be indirectly helping to expel Palestinians.

BBC Trust upholds complaint over Nakba Day radio report that downplayed expulsion of Palestinians

The governing body of BBC agrees that there had been “a lack of clarity as to what Nakba Day commemorates,” and that the language used did not accurately “convey the reality of the departures [of the refugees].”

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