Quarter 3 2008: Facts and Figures
Summary
- The UK press continues to put Israel high on its agenda – 1 in 2 newspaper editions carries at least one story
- The Israel-related stories receiving the most coverage in Q3 were Iran-Israel relations, the Kadima leadership and the Prisoner exchange
- Comment and editorial pieces are twice as likely to be negative as positive
- The Guardian has the highest proportion of critical comment and editorial pieces, with 53% negative, 6% positive and 41% neutral
- There were nearly three times as many authored articles on the BBC News website portraying Israel negatively than positively
- The greatest number of breaches of journalistic standards occurred on the BBC News Website and in The Independent
- The most common breach was ‘Lack of context by exclusion of relevant information and facts’ – 75% of all breaches in Q3
- The number of individual breaches, fell by 35% – from 43 last quarter to 28 this quarter
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