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"Israel says" is not journalism, @BBCNews. Do your job properly.
Israel kills Hamas commander in strike on Gaza camp, officials say bbc.in/4zr8qE9
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Wildlife disturbance, including endangered #curlew, by dogs off leads is huge issue in Pembrokeshire Coast Nat Park. SSSIs to some are dog exercise parks! @CyfNatCymDO @PembsCoast are MIA. Enforcement URGENTLY needed!
@LlyrGruffydd @ElinCeredigion @PaulDaviesPembs @WTelegraph
Dogs run amok on Nevern Estuary #Newport today chasing off shorebirds within @PembsCoast Nat Park. This estuary is vital bird refuge for #Curlew Dog owners ignore signs saying keep dogs under close control. Where's the enforcement @PembsCoast @CyfNatCymDO Natural Resouces Wales?
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It’s a crazy thing isn’t it!
The post office knew the truth.
Yet, taxpayers paid .
Still no one accountable.
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❤️ 'Roedd e'n Gymro arbennig iawn.'
Mae teyrngedau wedi eu rhoi i Robat Gruffudd, yr ymgyrchydd ac awdur sydd wedi marw yn 83 oed.
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Things BBC Sport should be doing:
Local sports commentaries no-one else is doing.
Things BBC Sport probably shouldn't be doing:
Podcasts that everyone else is doing.
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WHO PAID THE POST OFFICE'S LAWYERS? YOU DID.
The Horizon inquiry cost £83.7m to March 2026.
The Post Office spent £139m responding to it by March 2024. Government estimate: £182m over its lifetime. £86m went to one law firm, @stugoo17's FOI showed.
You paid for both sides.
The inquiry into the Post Office scandal cost £80 million. The Post Office's side of it cost you £134 million.
A business minister has confirmed the Government paid that sum by March 2026 to cover the Post Office's costs of taking part in the inquiry, such as its lawyers and handing over documents.
The Post Office is publicly owned. The inquiry is into the failings of its Horizon computer system and the prosecution of sub-postmasters.
You paid for the inquiry. Then you paid more for the Post Office's lawyers.
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#PostOfficeScandal #PostOfficeInquiry
Counsel to the Inquiry Emma Price of @5essexchambers
has said the remaining Volumes of Sir Wyn's Final Inquiry Report are in the ‘final writing stages’ and will be published ‘very soon’.
lawgazette.co.uk/news/give-y… – at Redhill, South East
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This clip encapsulates the problem the BBC has with Israel. It's not that it straightforwardly spouts hasbara. It doesn't.
What it does is engage in faux impartiality - it accepts a framing of things as "contested", as a "debate", long after they have ceased to be so.
In his interview on the BBC Radio 4 Today program this morning @ZackPolanski says Israel is committing genocide.
You know what's coming.
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THE FINAL WORD IS COMING
Counsel to the Post Office Inquiry, Emma Price, says Sir Wyn's remaining volumes are in the "final writing stages" and due "very soon".
Subpostmasters have waited years. The report must name names. Then someone has to act on it.
#PostOfficeScandal #PostOfficeInquiry
Counsel to the Inquiry Emma Price of @5essexchambers
has said the remaining Volumes of Sir Wyn's Final Inquiry Report are in the ‘final writing stages’ and will be published ‘very soon’.
lawgazette.co.uk/news/give-y…
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16 years on it still hurts.
On my eldest son’s birthday, I was sentenced to prison 8 weeks pregnant
A day of joy became a lifelong reminder of injustice.
Where is the accountability for PO scandal?
Plz ask your MP and share your suggestions. We must keep fighting for justice.
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Serious questions for the BBC - this is not a trivial issue but how the national broadcaster covered a genocide
The BBC Israel Would Say Files. The full results are in for both broadcast and articles.
Analysis of 267 broadcast interviews between October 2023 and October 2026:
- BBC presenters put Israel's case, in Israel's name, to guests criticising Israel's conduct in Gaza in 252 separate interviews.
- They put the Palestinian case, in its name, to guests defending Israel's conduct in 15.
- To better portray this disparity, our compilation of the BBC defending Israel in their own words now runs at 48 mins 12 secs. Our compilation of the BBC defending Palestinians in their own words runs at 2 mins 38 secs.
- The plainest form, “Israel would say”, was put to critics in 75 interviews. “Palestinians [or any Palestinian group] would say” was put to defenders in 4.
- 10 of the 15 Palestinian cases came in the first six weeks after 7 October 2023, and 5 in the three years after. Presenters were still putting Israel's case to critics in 2026.
- The above point suggests an editorial shift to stop conveying what Palestinians are saying, but to continue conveying what "Israel would say".
Analysis of 1,618 written articles, from October 2023 to October 2026:
- When an article reported criticism of Israel's conduct in Gaza, the BBC added Israel's position 49% of the time (1,771 of 3,648 claims).
- When an article reported Israel's claims, the BBC added a Palestinian or UN position 38% of the time (914 of 2,431). A Palestinian position alone: 25%.
- Put the two official sides side by side. When the authorities in Gaza made a claim against Israel, the BBC added Israel's position 58% of the time (334 of 575). When Israel's government or army made a claim, the BBC added a Palestinian or UN position 39% of the time (855 of 2,165).
- Article by article: 71% of the articles reporting criticism of Israel gave Israel's position at least once. 53% of the articles reporting Israel's claims gave a Palestinian or UN position.
- In other words, in almost half of the articles where Israel makes a claim, it goes completely uncontested.
The full report, including every single broadcast and article in the corpus, can be found here, completely free of charge: newscord.org/editorials/bbc-…
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Overwhelming BBC bias in favour of a regime commiting genocide:
'Analysis of 267 broadcast interviews between October 2023 and October 2026:
'- BBC presenters put Israel's case, in Israel's name, to guests criticising Israel's conduct in Gaza in 252 separate interviews.
'- They put the Palestinian case, in its name, to guests defending Israel's conduct in 15.
'- To better portray this disparity, our compilation of the BBC defending Israel in their own words now runs at 48 mins 12 secs. Our compilation of the BBC defending Palestinians in their own words runs at 2 mins 38 secs.'
See also our latest media alert: "The Art Of Not Taking A View – ‘Pay Attention’ By Laura Kuenssberg"
medialens.substack.com/p/the…
The BBC Israel Would Say Files. The full results are in for both broadcast and articles.
Analysis of 267 broadcast interviews between October 2023 and October 2026:
- BBC presenters put Israel's case, in Israel's name, to guests criticising Israel's conduct in Gaza in 252 separate interviews.
- They put the Palestinian case, in its name, to guests defending Israel's conduct in 15.
- To better portray this disparity, our compilation of the BBC defending Israel in their own words now runs at 48 mins 12 secs. Our compilation of the BBC defending Palestinians in their own words runs at 2 mins 38 secs.
- The plainest form, “Israel would say”, was put to critics in 75 interviews. “Palestinians [or any Palestinian group] would say” was put to defenders in 4.
- 10 of the 15 Palestinian cases came in the first six weeks after 7 October 2023, and 5 in the three years after. Presenters were still putting Israel's case to critics in 2026.
- The above point suggests an editorial shift to stop conveying what Palestinians are saying, but to continue conveying what "Israel would say".
Analysis of 1,618 written articles, from October 2023 to October 2026:
- When an article reported criticism of Israel's conduct in Gaza, the BBC added Israel's position 49% of the time (1,771 of 3,648 claims).
- When an article reported Israel's claims, the BBC added a Palestinian or UN position 38% of the time (914 of 2,431). A Palestinian position alone: 25%.
- Put the two official sides side by side. When the authorities in Gaza made a claim against Israel, the BBC added Israel's position 58% of the time (334 of 575). When Israel's government or army made a claim, the BBC added a Palestinian or UN position 39% of the time (855 of 2,165).
- Article by article: 71% of the articles reporting criticism of Israel gave Israel's position at least once. 53% of the articles reporting Israel's claims gave a Palestinian or UN position.
- In other words, in almost half of the articles where Israel makes a claim, it goes completely uncontested.
The full report, including every single broadcast and article in the corpus, can be found here, completely free of charge: newscord.org/editorials/bbc-…
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Wales finish top of UEFA 2025-26 fair play rankings for fan behaviour.
FAW to receive €50,000 to donate to chosen amateur or
professional club(s) or regional association(s) for fair play or respect-themed project.
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“We have archived the BBC’s coverage for three years … We are calling this first part: ‘BBC: The Would Say Files’.”
#ManufacturingConsent
It’s hard to grasp the BBC’s systematic attempt to launder Israeli propaganda until you see the sheer scale of it. Here's a compilation of them doing it at 2x speed.
The latest was on Newsnight on 4 November. When Bernie Sanders called Israel’s government extremist, Victoria Derbyshire answered for it: “And the Israeli government would deny that they are extremists.”
As this video shows, BBC presenters repeatedly do this as guests describe Israel’s crimes: “Israel would say.” “Israel would deny.” “They would reject that.”
We counted 70 of these denials and justifications in 52 aired interviews. The BBC calls this impartiality. But in not one of those 52 did a presenter raise any of these words from Israel’s own leaders:
- “We are fighting human animals.” Yoav Gallant, 9 October 2023
- “It is an entire nation out there that is responsible.” Isaac Herzog, 12 October 2023
- “They will not receive a drop of water or a single battery until they leave the world.” Israel Katz, 13 October 2023
- “Remember what Amalek did to you.” Benjamin Netanyahu, 3 November 2023
- Starving two million people in Gaza until the hostages came back might be “justified and moral”. Bezalel Smotrich, 5 August 2024
On 10 October 2023, Tahani Mustafa told the BBC that Israeli forces were not distinguishing civilians from fighters. The presenter replied: “They would reject that.” Mustafa then had to bring up Gallant’s “human animals” herself. The BBC supplied the denial. The guest had to supply Israel’s own words.
That is cherry-picking. The Royal Charter requires the BBC to be impartial, and the public pays for it through the licence fee. In these interviews, it handed its audience Israel’s denials and left out its leaders’ own words, during a genocide streamed live to the world.
We have archived the BBC’s coverage for three years, and we are now counting all of it: 50,000 video clips and many more written excerpts.
We are calling this first part: "BBC: The Would Say Files".
Handing Israel its denials is only one of the ways the BBC launders Israeli propaganda, so we will count every other technique too. Over the next few weeks, we will announce each milestone as we complete the report.
These are the first results, with every clip, quote and source: newscord.org/editorials/bbc-…
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Even if your journalism course doesn't teach shorthand, LEARN IT! Look where it can get you. Still relevant in 2026 as it's the only way to record in a court room.
The brilliant department of journalism at @CityStGeorges was born the same year as I was. In 2000 I did my newspaper training there, thanks to the Scott Trust.
We learned all the essential reporting skills - crafting a news story, shorthand, media law etc - but I also made close friendships that have abided to this day.
Another 26 years on, still working in a trade I love, I’m delighted to have been shortlisted for their 50@50 Golden Trailblazers in Journalism alongside such incredible alumni. Thank you 🙏
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What matters is reporting not opining.
Some truth in @lewis_goodall view that tv news has been slow to innovate - we can all reflect
But @krishgm surely right … podcasts ponder but reporters report
And in a world where more and more vested interests don’t WANT us to report, expeditionary journalism must be defended
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FOUR MILLION people watching the BBC Regional News at 1830.
Linear broadcasting isn't dead.
Biggest audiences on Monday on both BBC1 & ITV1 were for teatime regional news shows, 4m for BBC version & 2.4m for ITV…will change on ITV when catch up viewing added, not so sure about BBC where regional news well ahead of other programmes, but still... Ratings data @Digital_i_
