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Original BBC Watch - 2000-2009

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 :It was ... decided to re-launch BBC Watch as a sister project to [[CiF Watch]] (established in 2009 to monitor the Guardian newspaper’s ‘Comment is Free’ website) and with the independent support of [[CAMERA]] – the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America. The site is run by Managing Editor [[Hadar Sela]] and [[Adam Levick]] – Managing Editor of CiF Watch.<ref>BBC Watch [http://bbcwatch.org/about-us/ About Us]. Accessed 3 February 2014.</ref>
 ==Original BBC Watch - 2000-2009==
 The original BBC Watch was owned and run by [[Trevor Asserson]], <Ref>Companies House, BBCWatch Ltd Annual Returns made up to 19 February 2005</ref> an English solicitor now based in Israel. According to ''The Lawyer'' his Jerusalam based law firm [[Asserson Law]] is the first UK law firm based in another country. <ref>Tom Phillips, '[http://www.thelawyer.com/firm-profile-asserson-law/1000075.article Firm Profile: Asserson Law]', ''The Lawyer'', 23 March 2009</ref> Other named individuals who have been involved in the operation include [[Elisheva Mironi]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_1.pdf The BBC and the Middle East - a Critical Study]', March 2002</ref> [[Lee Kern]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_3.pdf The BBC and the War on Iraq - An Analysis]', June 2003</ref> [[Michael Paluch]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_5.pdf Pictures of Prejudice]', 2005</ref> [[Deena Pinson]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_6_short.pdf The BBC Goes Native - An Analysis of BBC Arabic]', March 2008</ref> [[Ariella Kalms]] and [[Robin Stamler]]. <ref>bbcwatch, 'Jeremy Bowen and teh Gaza Conflict', December 2009</ref>

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 [[File:BBC Watch logo.jpg|thumb|right|500px| Logo from the original [[BBC Watch]] website at [http://www.bbcwatch.co.uk/ BBCwatch.co.uk], downloaded 3 February 2014.]]
-'''bbcwatch''' is an organisation set up to pressurise the [[BBC]] into producing news coverage more favourable to Israel. It was originally set up by English lawyer [[Trevor Asserson]] but ceased functioning after he moved to Israel.  A new incarnation of the organisation was set up by the US based Israel lobby media monitor group [[CAMERA]] in 2012.  The new version was hosted on a new URL (BBCwatch.org instead of BBCwatch.co.uk) and run by new staff. According to the new website:
+'''bbcwatch''' is an organisation set up to pressurise the [[BBC]] into producing news coverage more favourable to Israel. It was originally set up by English lawyer [[Trevor Asserson]] but ceased functioning after he became a setter colonist in Palestine.  A new incarnation of the organisation was set up by the US based Israel lobby media monitor group [[CAMERA]] in 2012.  The new version was hosted on a new URL (BBCwatch.org instead of BBCwatch.co.uk) and run by new staff. According to the new website:
 :It was ... decided to re-launch BBC Watch as a sister project to [[CiF Watch]] (established in 2009 to monitor the Guardian newspaper’s ‘Comment is Free’ website) and with the independent support of [[CAMERA]] – the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America. The site is run by Managing Editor [[Hadar Sela]] and [[Adam Levick]] – Managing Editor of CiF Watch.<ref>BBC Watch [http://bbcwatch.org/about-us/ About Us]. Accessed 3 February 2014.</ref>

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 ==Original BBC Watch - 2000-2009==
-It is owned and run by [[Trevor Asserson]], <Ref>Companies House, BBCWatch Ltd Annual Returns made up to 19 February 2005</ref> an English solicitor now based in Israel. According to ''The Lawyer'' his Jerusalam based law firm [[Asserson Law]] is the first UK law firm based in another country. <ref>Tom Phillips, '[http://www.thelawyer.com/firm-profile-asserson-law/1000075.article Firm Profile: Asserson Law]', ''The Lawyer'', 23 March 2009</ref> Other named individuals who have been involved in the operation include [[Elisheva Mironi]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_1.pdf The BBC and the Middle East - a Critical Study]', March 2002</ref> [[Lee Kern]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_3.pdf The BBC and the War on Iraq - An Analysis]', June 2003</ref> [[Michael Paluch]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_5.pdf Pictures of Prejudice]', 2005</ref> [[Deena Pinson]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_6_short.pdf The BBC Goes Native - An Analysis of BBC Arabic]', March 2008</ref> [[Ariella Kalms]] and [[Robin Stamler]]. <ref>bbcwatch, 'Jeremy Bowen and teh Gaza Conflict', December 2009</ref>
+The original BBC Watch was owned and run by [[Trevor Asserson]], <Ref>Companies House, BBCWatch Ltd Annual Returns made up to 19 February 2005</ref> an English solicitor now based in Israel. According to ''The Lawyer'' his Jerusalam based law firm [[Asserson Law]] is the first UK law firm based in another country. <ref>Tom Phillips, '[http://www.thelawyer.com/firm-profile-asserson-law/1000075.article Firm Profile: Asserson Law]', ''The Lawyer'', 23 March 2009</ref> Other named individuals who have been involved in the operation include [[Elisheva Mironi]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_1.pdf The BBC and the Middle East - a Critical Study]', March 2002</ref> [[Lee Kern]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_3.pdf The BBC and the War on Iraq - An Analysis]', June 2003</ref> [[Michael Paluch]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_5.pdf Pictures of Prejudice]', 2005</ref> [[Deena Pinson]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_6_short.pdf The BBC Goes Native - An Analysis of BBC Arabic]', March 2008</ref> [[Ariella Kalms]] and [[Robin Stamler]]. <ref>bbcwatch, 'Jeremy Bowen and teh Gaza Conflict', December 2009</ref>
 According to its own account bbcwatch was established in 2000, <ref>[[Media:Bbcwatch.pdf|PDF]] of <http://www.bbcwatch.com> created 19 March 2010</ref> but it did not produce its first report until March 2002. <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_1.pdf The BBC and the Middle East - a Critical Study]', March 2002</ref> It was incorporated as a UK limited company in February 2004 and dissolved in November 2007. According to its only accounts filed the issue of shares to [[Trevor Asserson]] was the company's only transaction. <ref>Companies House, BBCWatch Accounts made up to 28 February 2005</ref> Whilst the company BBCWatch Ltd has been dissolved, the organisation continues to produce reports attacking BBC reporting.

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 [[File:BBC Watch logo.jpg|thumb|right|500px| Logo from the original [[BBC Watch]] website at [http://www.bbcwatch.co.uk/ BBCwatch.co.uk], downloaded 3 February 2014.]]
-'''bbcwatch''' is an organisation set up to pressurise the [[BBC]] into producing news coverage more favourable to Israel. It is owned and run by [[Trevor Asserson]], <Ref>Companies House, BBCWatch Ltd Annual Returns made up to 19 February 2005</ref> an English solicitor now based in Israel. According to ''The Lawyer'' his Jerusalam based law firm [[Asserson Law]] is the first UK law firm based in another country. <ref>Tom Phillips, '[http://www.thelawyer.com/firm-profile-asserson-law/1000075.article Firm Profile: Asserson Law]', ''The Lawyer'', 23 March 2009</ref> Other named individuals who have been involved in the operation include [[Elisheva Mironi]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_1.pdf The BBC and the Middle East - a Critical Study]', March 2002</ref> [[Lee Kern]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_3.pdf The BBC and the War on Iraq - An Analysis]', June 2003</ref> [[Michael Paluch]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_5.pdf Pictures of Prejudice]', 2005</ref> [[Deena Pinson]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_6_short.pdf The BBC Goes Native - An Analysis of BBC Arabic]', March 2008</ref> [[Ariella Kalms]] and [[Robin Stamler]]. <ref>bbcwatch, 'Jeremy Bowen and teh Gaza Conflict', December 2009</ref>
+'''bbcwatch''' is an organisation set up to pressurise the [[BBC]] into producing news coverage more favourable to Israel. It was originally set up by English lawyer [[Trevor Asserson]] but ceased functioning after he moved to Israel.  A new incarnation of the organisation was set up by the US based Israel lobby media monitor group [[CAMERA]] in 2012.  The new version was hosted on a new URL (BBCwatch.org instead of BBCwatch.co.uk) and run by new staff. According to the new website:
 According to its own account bbcwatch was established in 2000, <ref>[[Media:Bbcwatch.pdf|PDF]] of <http://www.bbcwatch.com> created 19 March 2010</ref> but it did not produce its first report until March 2002. <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_1.pdf The BBC and the Middle East - a Critical Study]', March 2002</ref> It was incorporated as a UK limited company in February 2004 and dissolved in November 2007. According to its only accounts filed the issue of shares to [[Trevor Asserson]] was the company's only transaction. <ref>Companies House, BBCWatch Accounts made up to 28 February 2005</ref> Whilst the company BBCWatch Ltd has been dissolved, the organisation continues to produce reports attacking BBC reporting.
 bbcwatch produced a number of reports detailing [[BBC]] output and incidents or trends evidencing a perceived bias. For example the organisation's first report, entitled 'The BBC and the Middle East - a Critical Study', argued amongst other things that the BBC should use the pejorative term 'terrorism' to describe Hamas; that the West Bank and Gaza should not be described as ‘occupied Palestinian Land’ or ‘occupied Palestinian territories’ since it suggests that there previously existed an 'autonomous sovereign Palestinian territory';  that Yasser Arafat should not be described as 'President' or 'Presidential'; and that the illegal settlements in the West Bank and Gaza should not be described as being 'illegal' but instead referred to as settlements in 'disputed territories'. <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_1.pdf The BBC and the Middle East - a Critical Study]', March 2002</ref>
 ==Publications==
 *Trevor Asserson & [[Elisheva Mironi]], [http://bbcwatch.org/the-bbc-and-the-middle-east-a-critical-study/ The BBC and the Middle East: A Critical Study], 2002.

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	'''bbcwatch''' is an organisation set up to pressurise the [[BBC]] into producing news coverage more favourable to Israel. It is owned and run by [[Trevor Asserson]], <Ref>Companies House, BBCWatch Ltd Annual Returns made up to 19 February 2005</ref> an English solicitor now based in Israel. According to ''The Lawyer'' his Jerusalam based law firm [[Asserson Law]] is the first UK law firm based in another country. <ref>Tom Phillips, '[http://www.thelawyer.com/firm-profile-asserson-law/1000075.article Firm Profile: Asserson Law]', ''The Lawyer'', 23 March 2009</ref> Other named individuals who have been involved in the operation include [[Elisheva Mironi]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_1.pdf The BBC and the Middle East - a Critical Study]', March 2002</ref> [[Lee Kern]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_3.pdf The BBC and the War on Iraq - An Analysis]', June 2003</ref> [[Michael Paluch]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_5.pdf Pictures of Prejudice]', 2005</ref> [[Deena Pinson]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_6_short.pdf The BBC Goes Native - An Analysis of BBC Arabic]', March 2008</ref> [[Ariella Kalms]] and [[Robin Stamler]]. <ref>bbcwatch, 'Jeremy Bowen and teh Gaza Conflict', December 2009</ref>		'''bbcwatch''' is an organisation set up to pressurise the [[BBC]] into producing news coverage more favourable to Israel. It is owned and run by [[Trevor Asserson]], <Ref>Companies House, BBCWatch Ltd Annual Returns made up to 19 February 2005</ref> an English solicitor now based in Israel. According to ''The Lawyer'' his Jerusalam based law firm [[Asserson Law]] is the first UK law firm based in another country. <ref>Tom Phillips, '[http://www.thelawyer.com/firm-profile-asserson-law/1000075.article Firm Profile: Asserson Law]', ''The Lawyer'', 23 March 2009</ref> Other named individuals who have been involved in the operation include [[Elisheva Mironi]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_1.pdf The BBC and the Middle East - a Critical Study]', March 2002</ref> [[Lee Kern]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_3.pdf The BBC and the War on Iraq - An Analysis]', June 2003</ref> [[Michael Paluch]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_5.pdf Pictures of Prejudice]', 2005</ref> [[Deena Pinson]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_6_short.pdf The BBC Goes Native - An Analysis of BBC Arabic]', March 2008</ref> [[Ariella Kalms]] and [[Robin Stamler]]. <ref>bbcwatch, 'Jeremy Bowen and teh Gaza Conflict', December 2009</ref>

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	'''bbcwatch''' is an organisation set up to pressurise the [[BBC]] into producing news coverage more favourable to Israel. It is owned and run by [[Trevor Asserson]], <Ref>Companies House, BBCWatch Ltd Annual Returns made up to 19 February 2005</ref> an English solicitor now based in Israel. According to ''The Lawyer'' his Jerusalam based law firm [[Asserson Law]] is the first UK law firm based in another country. <ref>Tom Phillips, '[http://www.thelawyer.com/firm-profile-asserson-law/1000075.article Firm Profile: Asserson Law]', ''The Lawyer'', 23 March 2009</ref> Other named individuals who have been involved in the operation include [[Elisheva Mironi]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_1.pdf The BBC and the Middle East - a Critical Study]', March 2002</ref> [[Lee Kern]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_3.pdf The BBC and the War on Iraq - An Analysis]', June 2003</ref> [[Michael Paluch]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_5.pdf Pictures of Prejudice]', 2005</ref> [[Deena Pinson]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_6_short.pdf The BBC Goes Native - An Analysis of BBC Arabic]', March 2008</ref> [[Ariella Kalms]] and [[Robin Stamler]]. <ref>bbcwatch, 'Jeremy Bowen and teh Gaza Conflict', December 2009</ref>		'''bbcwatch''' is an organisation set up to pressurise the [[BBC]] into producing news coverage more favourable to Israel. It is owned and run by [[Trevor Asserson]], <Ref>Companies House, BBCWatch Ltd Annual Returns made up to 19 February 2005</ref> an English solicitor now based in Israel. According to ''The Lawyer'' his Jerusalam based law firm [[Asserson Law]] is the first UK law firm based in another country. <ref>Tom Phillips, '[http://www.thelawyer.com/firm-profile-asserson-law/1000075.article Firm Profile: Asserson Law]', ''The Lawyer'', 23 March 2009</ref> Other named individuals who have been involved in the operation include [[Elisheva Mironi]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_1.pdf The BBC and the Middle East - a Critical Study]', March 2002</ref> [[Lee Kern]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_3.pdf The BBC and the War on Iraq - An Analysis]', June 2003</ref> [[Michael Paluch]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_5.pdf Pictures of Prejudice]', 2005</ref> [[Deena Pinson]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_6_short.pdf The BBC Goes Native - An Analysis of BBC Arabic]', March 2008</ref> [[Ariella Kalms]] and [[Robin Stamler]]. <ref>bbcwatch, 'Jeremy Bowen and teh Gaza Conflict', December 2009</ref>

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−	'''bbcwatch''' is an organisation set up to pressurise the [[BBC]] into producing news coverage more favourable to Israel. It is owned and run by [[Trevor Asserson]], <Ref>Companies House, BBCWatch Ltd Annual Returns made up to 19 February 2005</ref> an English solicitor now based in Israel. According to ''The Lawyer'' his Jerusalam based law firm Asserson Law is the first UK law firm based in another country. <ref>Tom Phillips, '[http://www.thelawyer.com/firm-profile-asserson-law/1000075.article Firm Profile: Asserson Law]', ''The Lawyer'', 23 March 2009</ref> Other named individuals who have been involved in the operation include [[Elisheva Mironi]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_1.pdf The BBC and the Middle East - a Critical Study]', March 2002</ref> [[Lee Kern]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_3.pdf The BBC and the War on Iraq - An Analysis]', June 2003</ref> [[Michael Paluch]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_5.pdf Pictures of Prejudice]', 2005</ref> [[Deena Pinson]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_6_short.pdf The BBC Goes Native - An Analysis of BBC Arabic]', March 2008</ref> [[Ariella Kalms]] and [[Robin Stamler]]. <ref>bbcwatch, 'Jeremy Bowen and teh Gaza Conflict', December 2009</ref>	+	'''bbcwatch''' is an organisation set up to pressurise the [[BBC]] into producing news coverage more favourable to Israel. It is owned and run by [[Trevor Asserson]], <Ref>Companies House, BBCWatch Ltd Annual Returns made up to 19 February 2005</ref> an English solicitor now based in Israel. According to ''The Lawyer'' his Jerusalam based law firm [[Asserson Law]] is the first UK law firm based in another country. <ref>Tom Phillips, '[http://www.thelawyer.com/firm-profile-asserson-law/1000075.article Firm Profile: Asserson Law]', ''The Lawyer'', 23 March 2009</ref> Other named individuals who have been involved in the operation include [[Elisheva Mironi]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_1.pdf The BBC and the Middle East - a Critical Study]', March 2002</ref> [[Lee Kern]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_3.pdf The BBC and the War on Iraq - An Analysis]', June 2003</ref> [[Michael Paluch]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_5.pdf Pictures of Prejudice]', 2005</ref> [[Deena Pinson]], <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_6_short.pdf The BBC Goes Native - An Analysis of BBC Arabic]', March 2008</ref> [[Ariella Kalms]] and [[Robin Stamler]]. <ref>bbcwatch, 'Jeremy Bowen and teh Gaza Conflict', December 2009</ref>

	According to its own account bbcwatch was established in 2000, <ref>[[Media:Bbcwatch.pdf\|PDF]] of <http://www.bbcwatch.com> created 19 March 2010</ref> but it did not produce its first report until March 2002. <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_1.pdf The BBC and the Middle East - a Critical Study]', March 2002</ref> It was incorporated as a UK limited company in February 2004 and dissolved in November 2007. According to its only accounts filed the issue of shares to [[Trevor Asserson]] was the company's only transaction. <ref>Companies House, BBCWatch Accounts made up to 28 February 2005</ref> Whilst the company BBCWatch Ltd has been dissolved, the organisation continues to produce reports attacking BBC reporting.		According to its own account bbcwatch was established in 2000, <ref>[[Media:Bbcwatch.pdf\|PDF]] of <http://www.bbcwatch.com> created 19 March 2010</ref> but it did not produce its first report until March 2002. <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_1.pdf The BBC and the Middle East - a Critical Study]', March 2002</ref> It was incorporated as a UK limited company in February 2004 and dissolved in November 2007. According to its only accounts filed the issue of shares to [[Trevor Asserson]] was the company's only transaction. <ref>Companies House, BBCWatch Accounts made up to 28 February 2005</ref> Whilst the company BBCWatch Ltd has been dissolved, the organisation continues to produce reports attacking BBC reporting.

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 bbcwatch produced a number of reports detailing [[BBC]] output and incidents or trends evidencing a perceived bias. For example the organisation's first report, entitled 'The BBC and the Middle East - a Critical Study', argued amongst other things that the BBC should use the pejorative term 'terrorism' to describe Hamas; that the West Bank and Gaza should not be described as ‘occupied Palestinian Land’ or ‘occupied Palestinian territories’ since it suggests that there previously existed an 'autonomous sovereign Palestinian territory';  that Yasser Arafat should not be described as 'President' or 'Presidential'; and that the illegal settlements in the West Bank and Gaza should not be described as being 'illegal' but instead referred to as settlements in 'disputed territories'. <ref>bbcwatch, '[http://www.bbcwatch.com/Reports/Report_1.pdf The BBC and the Middle East - a Critical Study]', March 2002</ref>
 ==Publications==
-*Trevor Asserson & Elisheva Mironi, [http://bbcwatch.org/the-bbc-and-the-middle-east-a-critical-study/ The BBC and the Middle East: A Critical Study], 2002.
+*Trevor Asserson & [[Elisheva Mironi]], [http://bbcwatch.org/the-bbc-and-the-middle-east-a-critical-study/ The BBC and the Middle East: A Critical Study], 2002.
-*The BBC and the Middle East – An Analysis, 2002.
+*[[Trevor Asserson]], [http://bbcwatch.org/the-bbc-and-the-middle-east-an-analysis/ The BBC and the Middle East – An Analysis], 2002.
-*The BBC and the War on Iraq – An Analysis, 2003.
+*Trevor Asserson & Lee Kern,  [http://bbcwatch.org/the-bbc-the-war-on-iraq-an-analysis/ The BBC and the War on Iraq – An Analysis], 2003.
-*The BBC and the Middle East: The Documentary Campaign 2000 – 2004, 2004.
+*Trevor Asserson & [[Cassie Williams]], [http://bbcwatch.org/the-bbc-and-the-middle-east-the-documentary-campaign-2000-2004/ The BBC and the Middle East: The Documentary Campaign 2000 – 2004], 2004.
-*The BBC Goes Native: A Study of BBC Arabic, 2008.
+*Trevor Asserson & [[Michael Paluch]], [http://bbcwatch.org/pictures-of-prejudice-a-pictorial-analysis-of-the-bbc-websitejanuary-1st-june-30th-2005/ Pictures of Prejudice – A Pictorial Analysis of the BBC Website, January 1st – June 30th 2005], 2005.
-*Jeremy Bowen and the Gaza Conflict, 2009.
+*Trevor Asserson & [[Deena Pinson]],  [http://bbcwatch.org/the-bbc-goes-native-a-study-of-bbc-arabic/ The BBC Goes Native: A Study of BBC Arabic], 2008.
 ==See also==