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Radio 4 report on Israel breached accuracy guidelines, rules BBC

December 9, 2015 11:10
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The BBC has ruled that a Radio 4 report on Israel breached accuracy guidelines.

The BBC received a number of complaints about a Today programme on violence in the Middle East on 19 October which, according to listeners, implied that all of the casualties of the renewed wave of violence in the region were Israeli.

The programme consisted of a conversation between presenter John Humphrys and Middle East correspondent Kevin Connolly. The show began with Mr Humphrys referring to the most recent attacks, and summing up the total number of casualties:

“Yet another attack on Israelis last night – this time an Arab man armed with a gun and a knife killed a soldier and wounded 10 people. Our Middle East correspondent is Kevin Connolly. The number is mounting, isn’t it Kevin? It’s about 50 now, isn’t it?”