Nh/Twt: Gaza/USA 24/4/2024

BBC bias: BBC reporter Nuala McGovern presents an interview with an apparent antisemite.

this evening (wednesday 24th), 9.36-9.44pm and 9.51-9.59pm, on bbc world service radio, and 10.19-10.25pm on bbc radio 4 

newshour (presented by celia hatton) and the world tonight (presented by rajini vaidyanathan) include …

“We hear the conflicting claims about the mass graves found in Gaza.”

“Gaza war protesters have vowed to remain at Columbia University until their demands are met, despite mass arrests and disciplinary action.”

including contributions from …

• bbc reporter fergal keane

• kareema elras, gaza

• ajith sunghay, unohchr

• analyst brian finucane

• speaker mike johnson

• bbc reporter nuala mcgovern

• oren, columbia university

“I think it’s very difficult to have dialogue with people who don’t regard Palestinians as human beings.”

(if you missed them, available from 0:30:04 to 0:38:40 and 0:45:04 to 0:53:00 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w172zb8tnh289nf, and from 0:19:30 to 0:25:30 at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001yhzt)

Nh: Gaza 24/1/2024

this evening (wednesday 24th), 9.36-9.42pm on bbc world service radio  

newshour (presented by rajini vaidyanathan) includes …

“The United Nations says at least nine people have been killed and scores injured after two Israeli tank rounds hit a building at a training centre in the south, where eight hundred displaced people had taken shelter.“

including contribution from …

• thomas white, unrwa

Nh/TwT: Lebanon airstrikes

yesterday evening (friday 7th), 9.06-9.19pm and 9.55-9.59pm on bbc world service radio, and 10.01-10.02pm and 10.25-10.34pm on bbc radio 4 

newshour (presented by julian marshall) and the world tonight (presented by rajini vaidyanathan)lead with …

“Israel: civilians killed in violent attacks.”

“We’ll hear more about the situation from our correspondent in Israel, an Israeli Defence Force spokesperson, and from Lebanon, where Israel accuses militants of supporting the Palestinian armed group Hamas.”

including contributions from …

• mohammed abu niyamah, gaza

• idf spokesman lt col richard hecht

• journalist abbie cheeseman

• journalist noga tarnopolsky 

• bbc reporter lucy williamson 

• lior haiat, spokesman, ministry of foreign affairs 

• bbc reporter yolande knell 

OS/PM/6ocn/Nh: Lebanon rockets

last thursday afternoon (6th april), 5.06-5.10pm and 9.06-9.15pm on bbc world service radio, and 5.13-5.18pm and 6.04-6.06pm on bbc radio 4 

bbc os (presented by lukwesa burak) and newshour (presented by rajini vaidyanathan) lead with, and pm (presented by carolyn quinn) and six o’clock news include, …

“The Israeli military has accused the Palestinian militant group Hamas of firing dozens of rockets from southern Lebanon into northern Israel.

It said most of the 34 rockets were intercepted but that six hit Israeli territory, causing damage to buildings.”

including contributions from  …

• bbc reporter yolande knell

• bbc reporter lucy williamson 

• analyst randa slim 

(see also https://www.timesofisrael.com/rocket-warning-sirens-sound-in-israel-towns-on-lebanese-border/)

WH: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

this morning (thursday 17th), 10.02-10.15am, on bbc radio 4
woman’s hour (presented by jenni murray) leads with …

“Ruth Bader Ginsburg is the most senior liberal justice on the US Supreme Court, and is seen to hold the balance of power on the Supreme Court. She is 85 and in the past two months has fractured three ribs and had two cancerous nodules removed from her left lung. She has become a popular cultural icon, affectionately nicknamed the ‘Notorious RBG’.”

including interview with …
• bbc reporter rajini vaidyanathan
• dr melissa milewski

Newshour: Steven Sotloff

yesterday evening (tuesday 2nd), 9.06-9.20pm and 9.47-9.55pm, on bbc world service radio (freeview channel 710)
newshour (presented by james menendez) leads with …

“The death of Steven Sotloff“

and includes interviews with …
• bbc reporter rajini vaidyanathan
• shirley sotloff
• matthew vandyke
• janine di giovanni of newsweek
• professor frederick wherry
• middle east reporter rania abouzeid
• former uk ambassador to syria, and former chairman of MAP, andrew green