T: Gaza 29/4/2024

BBC bias: BBC World Service headlines “three days of focus on media freedom” with a video which has nothing to do with media freedom.

this morning (monday 29th), 6.04-6.05am, 6.37–6.39am, 7.04-7.05am, 8.04-8.05am, and 8.40-8.48am, on bbc radio 4,

today (presented by nick robinson and mishal husain) includes …

“The BBC World Service is begining three days of a special focus on media freedom around the world, ahead of Press Freedom Day 2024, which falls on Friday.

It includes a film about the experience of journalist Adnan El-Bursh, who worked for BBC Arabic in Gaza for fifteen years before October 7th, and who then began to cover this war, as well as trying to keep his family safe.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter yolande knell

• bbc arabic reporter dalia haidar

• bbc reporter adnan el-bursh

• bbc reporter mouna ba

(if you missed it, available from 0:04:37 to 0:05:00, 0:37:15 to 0:39:45, 1:04:05 to 1:05:15, 2:04:39 to 2:05:50, and 2:40:03 to 2:48:10, at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001yj0q)