WHO IS BBCWATCH?

bbcwatch was set up as a privately funded initiative and is wholly independent of any other organisation.

In 2000, the group produced its first report on BBC coverage of the Middle East, under the title of bbcwatch. They have since published four further reports on the subject, and continue to monitor BBC output.

The group's reports are widely quoted on television, radio and in printed media; they have been quoted in The Times, Financial Times, Telegraph, Evening Standard, The Sun, New York Times and other newspapers. The has taken part in radio and television interviews and discussions in the UK, USA, South Africa, Israel and even an Arab new network. The bbcwatch reports have been quoted in academic works on Israel and the media, and used in university courses. As an expert on the subject of BBC Middle East reporting, the group has lectured widely about his reports, and is approached for advice on the subject by politicians, diplomats, lawyers, journalists, community leaders and others around the world.