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BBC tones down Iranian rhetoric and extremism
Precisely what does the BBC mean when it uses the word ‘occupation’? We do not have to suppose or speculate about the answer to that question because the BBC’s Key Terms guide tells us exactly what it...
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Inaccuracy corrected in one BBC Rouhani article, left standing in another
Readers may remember that earlier this month we noted here that the BBC News website had presented remarks made by Iran’s new president at an Al Quds Day march in such a way that audiences would...
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Has the BBC discovered 50,000 previously unknown Jews in Iran?
An article appearing on the Middle East page of the BBC News website on September 5th reports on “Confusion over purported tweets from Iran’s Rouhani“. The Tweet in question is this one below and, as...
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BBC continues to portray a ‘moderate’ Iranian regime
Back in June we filed the BBC’s eager presentation of Iran’s then newly elected president Hassan Rouhani as a ‘moderate’ and a ‘reformer’ under the heading “A BBC theme to watch“. Since then we have...
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Does the evidence support the BBC’s touting of “less hardline Iranian stance”...
From September 5th until September 9th inclusive, the BBC News website’s Middle East page carried an article titled “Iran’s Rouhani shifts responsibility for nuclear talks“. The article relates to the...
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BBC presents airbrushed picture of Rouhani NBC interview
The headline to an article appearing on the BBC News website’s Middle East page on September 19th reassured readers that “Iran’s Rouhani dismisses nuclear weapons fears“. That message was hammered home...
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R4 ‘Today’ expounds BBC ‘World View’ on Iran
If listeners are interested in hearing a potted version of the BBC World View regarding the Iranian nuclear issue, the September 26th edition of the Today programme provides just such an opportunity....
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BBC’s Marcus promotes ‘moderated’ Iranian Holocaust denial
Although it did not stay up for long, visitors to the BBC News website’s Middle East page on September 30th 2013 were offered the opportunity to read BBC diplomatic/defence correspondent Jonathan...
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Why does the BBC continue to describe Rouhani as a ‘moderate’?
Since his election in June 2013 the BBC, has consistently portrayed Hassan Rouhani as a ‘moderate’ and a ‘reformer’, with the BBC’s profile of the Iranian president stating: “Mr Rouhani says he wants...
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BBC News frames Iranian elections as victory for ‘reformists and moderates’
Those getting their news about the recent elections in Iran from the BBC will have learned of a sweeping victory for what the corporation terms “reformists”. Readers of the BBC News website’s February...
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BBC framing of Iran’s president once again shown to be redundant
Just over a year ago we posed the following question on these pages: “Why does the BBC continue to describe Rouhani as a ‘moderate’?“. That question was prompted by the fact that at the time – nearly...
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BBC does Iranian ‘moderates and reformists’ framing yet again
The BBC News website published numerous reports concerning the death of Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on January 8th and a common feature in all that content was the promotion of the notion that Rafsanjani...
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BBC WS ‘Newshour’ Trump trip report flunks on Iran
As was noted here in an earlier post, the lead story in the May 22nd afternoon edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour‘ concerned the US president’s visit to Israel. In addition to...
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BBC News coverage of Iranian election touts ‘moderate’ Rouhani yet again
Predictably, the BBC News website’s extensive coverage of the May 19th presidential election in Iran included copious portrayal of the winning candidate Hassan Rouhani as a “moderate” and a “reformer”....
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Filling in the blanks in BBC reports on Hamas, Qatar and Iran
As readers may recall, while early BBC News website coverage of the rift between Qatar and several other Arab states did clarify that one of Saudi Arabia’s demands was for Qatar to cut ties with Hamas,...
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Revisiting a BBC report on Israeli ‘accusation’ concerning Iran
Back in June the BBC News website reported that Israel had ‘blamed’ Iran for supporting the ‘Great Return March’ violent rioting along the Gaza Strip-Israel border which was then in its third month....
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BBC World Affairs editor misleads on women’s rights in Iran
This week Freedom House published its ‘Freedom in the World’ map for 2019. Once again the vast majority of the Middle East is ranked ‘not free’ with the only country that is ranked ‘free’ being Israel....
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