Review of UK and world papers and coverage of UK and global journalism stories for Journalism History for Tuesday 17th October 2023
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Times of Israel and AFP report: ‘Hundreds protest at BBC headquarters over refusal to refer to Hamas as terror group.’ See: https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1714020940135211434
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Simon Plosker briefing for Honest Reporting: ‘Israel at War: The Media Battlefield – Briefing #1 … the worst media bias since the appalling events of October 7 and the subsequent launch of Israeli military action against Hamas.’ See: https://twitter.com/CIoJournalist/status/1714389811656585533
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CIoJ LinkedIn news stories, Hold The Front Page news stories, Guardian media news stories, Press Gazette news stories, Arab News media stories and other stories from miscellaneous sources
Times of Israel and AFP report: 'Hundreds protest at BBC headquarters over refusal to refer to Hamas as terror group.' See: https://t.co/OGOgqvpT1Q
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 16, 2023
Hedar Sela writes for CAMERA (Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis) 'BBC News website reporting on the Hamas attack on Sderot police station.' See: https://t.co/DWxWlltC8B
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 16, 2023
Adam Levick writes for CAMERA (Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis) 'Round-up of media errors in coverage of the war – Oct. 16 (Guardian incites the mob)' See: https://t.co/AjN61OgUdk
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 16, 2023
Ricki Hollander writes for CAMERA (Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis): 'BBC and CBC Refuse to Call Hamas “Terrorists” or Refer to Their Actions as “Terrorism.”' See: https://t.co/RIT1gLvo48
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 16, 2023
Guido Fawkes reports: 'Ofcom Suspends Director of Online Safety Over Anti-Israel Posts on Social Media.' See: https://t.co/5B3v0GRjW1
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 16, 2023
Mail Online reports: 'Ofcom's director of Online Safety Supervision is suspended for liking post calling the British government's support for Israel a 'vile colonial alliance' and calling the Jewish nation an 'apartheid state.'" See: https://t.co/wuCsDjFDXv
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 16, 2023
Arab News reports: 'Guardian parts ways with longtime cartoonist amid controversy over Netanyahu drawing.' See: https://t.co/oUuuqwwwBI
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 16, 2023
Arab News reports: 'Iranian authorities heighten warnings against BBC journalists. Iran has listed BBC Persian as a terrorist organization. Number of threats has increased since protests erupted in Iran last year.' See: https://t.co/W2ZfYSVDJr
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 16, 2023
Arab News reports: 'Disney announces new partnership with TikTok to commemorate 100th anniversary. Disney100 hub’ to offer fans exclusive Disney content.' See: https://t.co/raA4J1CcXU
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 16, 2023
Arab News reports: 'Israeli journalist targeted for solidarity with Palestinians, forced into hiding. Israel Frey and his family were allegedly attacked by a group of ultranationalists at his home.' See: https://t.co/6ZxG9h5Mn6
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 16, 2023
Hadar Sela writes for CAMERA (Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis): 'Another BBC ‘explanation’ of its refusal to name terrorism.' See: https://t.co/miKqeXaCjd
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Mail Online reports: "Cambridge college cancels talk by sacked Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell over sketch of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu amid fears it would be platforming anti-Semitism and could 'provoke protests.'" See: https://t.co/Yvw2BlRY7f
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Mail Online reports: 'Richard Madeley breaks cover after apologising amid massive backlash for asking British-Palestinian MP Layla Moran if she 'had any indication' about Hamas' terror attack on Israel.' See: https://t.co/Yk8qtT7yXG
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Dr Tim Benson writes for Jewish News: 'In sacking Steve Bell the Guardian shows it STILL doesn’t understand antisemitism.' See: https://t.co/txeZCvCCVc
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
British journalist Paul Martin writes for Jewish Chronicle: 'My ordeal as a Hamas prisoner gives me little hope for the Gaza hostages. The foreigners held by the terrorists may be used as bargaining chips but I fear for the Israelis.' See: https://t.co/P9XmpPjfUt
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Jewish Chronicle reports: 'Board of Deputies lodges Ofcom complaint over BBC's failure to label Hamas terrorists. It took the step after exhausting all avenues with the broadcaster itself.' See: https://t.co/3Lp6G9Vbvv
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Reporters Without Frontiers briefing: 'We have just experienced one of the bloodiest weeks ever in journalism in the Middle East. Seven journalists were killed in the space of seven days while doing their job in Gaza and Lebanon.' See: https://t.co/T8NSpIqs9p pic.twitter.com/fyWUVjLZix
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
CNN reported 12th October 2023 'Israeli official says government cannot confirm babies were beheaded in Hamas attack.' See: https://t.co/CALwl2YcnF
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Arab News reports: 'TikTok launches new mental health initiative.' See: https://t.co/JvC6JeWXJy
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Arab News reports: 'Lebanese journalist receives threats, travel ban for interviewing Israeli official. Dubai-based Layal Alekhtiar faces harassment for live exchange with IDF’s Arabic spokesperson.' See: https://t.co/ttjXFiy2jl
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Arab News reports: 'Musk’s X platform allows Israeli state media to run ad campaigns despite ban.' See: https://t.co/xKA1XK0eAj
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Arab News reports: "BBC ‘urgently’ investigates six of its reporters for alleged support of Hamas on social media." See: https://t.co/Wk5xzgzFqu
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Simon Plosker briefing for Honest Reporting: 'Israel at War: The Media Battlefield – Briefing #1 … the worst media bias since the appalling events of October 7 and the subsequent launch of Israeli military action against Hamas.' See: https://t.co/Ke4bFJs43c
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
The Chartered Institute of Journalists calls on China to release Australian broadcaster Cheng Lei from detention which now stands at 1,159 days since 13th August 2020 See: See: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-65530105. And https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/10/cheng-lei-journalist-detained-in-china-says-she-longs-for-sunlight-outdoors-and-family-in-love-letter-to-australia
The CIoJ calls on Russia to immediately release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. His detention is wholly unjustifiable and political state hostage-taking. He has been deprived of his liberty for 203 days since 29th March 2023 #FreeEvan
The Institute calls on Belarus to release 35 journalists detained including Maryna Zolatava and Liudmila Chekina each suffering 12 year jail terms. Belarus is currently ranked 157th out of 180 countries in the World Press Freedom Index. See: https://rsf.org/en/belarus-supreme-court-upholds-journalists-12-year-jail-terms
The CIoJ remains concerned about the trials and sentencing of Belarus journalist Roman Protasevich and his friend Sofia Sapega following their abduction from a diverted Ryanair flight 23rd May 2021 which is now 877 days ago. See: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65670820
The CIoJ calls on all governments and states unjustly detaining journalists for doing their professional work to respect freedom of expression, the right to liberty and free them immediately. See: https://rsf.org/en/new-record-number-journalists-jailed-worldwide
North American Newspapers for Tuesday 17th October 2023
Times of Israel reports: 'Minister blasts AG for opposing his version of regulations to close Al Jazeera in Israel.' See: https://t.co/2bFo7bqVbW
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 16, 2023
Sky News Press Preview- Tuesday's papers with political editor at The Guardian, Pippa Crerar, and The Sun's political editor, Harry Cole. See: https://t.co/GZWcvKDZcj
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Telegraph reports (behind paywall) 'BBC programme questions whether Hamas massacre took place. Around 70 terrorists burst into the Kfar Aza kibbutz and murdered scores of residents, including families and babies.' See: https://t.co/LZXeN3t1SG
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Mail Online reports: "'If the King can call Hamas terrorists, so can you': Hundreds of protesters boo BBC and chant 'shame on you' outside Broadcasting House amid backlash over failure to label Hamas murderers as 'terrorists.'" See: https://t.co/mhLfdhxzCD
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Jewish Chronicle reports: "Over a thousand at protest against BBC's refusal to describe Hamas as 'terrorists.' Calls are made for the BBC to be defunded amidst controversy." See: https://t.co/oUnW9HRUuO
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Yasmin Mohammed writes for Jewish Chronicle: "As a Palestinian, Hamas have stolen my people's future. It's insulting to call these terrorists 'freedom fighters.'" See: https://t.co/ZC5cdQvHCY
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Hold The Front Page reports: 'A journalist who also runs his own dinner party business got the chance to cook with a former contact – who also happens to be a Masterchef winner.' See: https://t.co/Gr5Gy5imOZ
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Hold The Front Page reports: 'A former Sergeant Major has had his complaint about a regional daily’s coverage of Prince Harry’s book rejected by the press watchdog.' See: https://t.co/zPi67GUgU4
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Hold The Front Page reports: 'Phil Hibble, who is responsible for a number of National World weeklies in Warwickshire, Leicestershire and Oxfordshire, is set to climb to Everest Base Camp in aid of the Teenage Cancer Trust.' See: https://t.co/r9F9WDXsr6
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Hold The Front Page reports: 'A long-serving regional press journalist who also edited specialist scientific publications has died aged 69. Dermot Martin is described by one former colleague as “one of the South’s best-loved journalists.”' See: https://t.co/sSfo1IjKDG
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Press Gazette reports: 'Steve Bell speaks out after being sacked by email following 40 years at Guardian
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Bell stood by his controversial cartoon of the Israeli prime minister, saying: "I think it works."' See: https://t.co/ilkqST2nm5
Press Gazette reports: 'How Gaza’s estimated 1,000 journalists are preparing for an onslaught.' See: https://t.co/4qrfHg9ihI
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
French Newspapers Tuesday 17th October 2023
Press Gazett reports: "86-year-old investigative journalist says arrest and de-arrest at home was ‘terrifying.’" See: https://t.co/BUXlBtUF65
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Press Gazette reports: 'Race to buy The Telegraph: Who are the latest runners and riders?' See: https://t.co/KumQvlv9lI
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Express reports: "BBC's 'pathetic' Hamas excuses 'blown out of water' by Brussels 'terror attack' headline." See: https://t.co/ZbQEl6E770
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Times reports (behind paywall) 'John Simpson’s blog on Hamas disturbs Jewish BBC staff.' See: https://t.co/GXQkxJjnyT
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Guardian reports: 'BBC gets 1,500 complaints over Israel-Hamas coverage, split 50-50 on each side. Objections divided almost evenly between those who say there is bias against Israel and those who think it is against Palestinians.' See: https://t.co/707Gh8e6QK
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Guardian reports: "Surgeon treating patients in Gaza says police in London ‘harassed’ his family. Prof Ghassan Abu-Sittah, who has a practice in UK capital, claims it is a ‘brutal attempt at silencing us.’" See: https://t.co/E6d501UDen
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Telegraph reports (behind paywall) "Guardian to keep paying cartoonist sacked over ‘anti-Semitic’ drawing. Mr Bell has refused to apologise and taken aim at the newspaper." See: https://t.co/d3zwDGIiUu
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Hold The Front Page reports: 'A city news title The Norwich Seeker is pleading for fresh funding to stay operational beyond this year – with its editor saying it “cannot assume the right to exist.”' See: https://t.co/hg0Cj0rKDy
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Press Gazette reports: ' Five-day strike by National World journalists postponed. The strike mandate remains valid until the end of February.' See: https://t.co/ZhZkqO599h
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Press Gazette reports: 'News UK halts direct-to-retail newspaper deliveries within M25.' See: https://t.co/ouA4DYdG7b
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Express reports: "Richard Madeley faces calls to be 'sacked' after 'appalling' question about Hamas attacks.' See: https://t.co/mpOmAovvGA
— CIoJ (@CIoJournalist) October 17, 2023
Montage of world newspapers for Tuesday 17th October 2023
