Abdel Bari Atwan - 'Do the Media Aid Israel?' Amnesty International London

The BBC's former Middle East correspondent, Tim Llewellyn, joins Greg Philo, Research Director of the Glasgow Media Group, and Abdel Bari Atwan, Editor of the London-based al-Quds al-Arabi newspaper, to discuss the mainstream media's coverage of Palestine and Israel.

Do newspaper and television reporting favour one narrative over the other? How does this influence public perception and is real damage done to the Palestinians' hopes for justice? What pressure do journalists come under from their news organisations when trying to report the facts from the Occupied Territories?

Tim Llewellyn was the BBC's Middle East correspondent for 10 years and speaks with an insider's knowledge of the tension between reporters on the ground and their more cautious management teams in London.

Abdel Bari Atwan was born in Gaza, Palestine but has lived in London since 1979. He has been the editor of London-based al-Quds al-Arabi, an independent, pan-Arab daily newspaper since 1989. He is the author of The Secret History of al-Qa'ida, and A Country of Words, his memoir.

Greg Philo is the co-author of Bad News from Israel (2004) and More Bad News from Israel (May 2011). Both books contain meticulous research from the Glasgow Media Group revealing how the language, tone and agenda of news reports result in a dangerously misleading view of the Occupation amongst the general public.

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[hichamkhaoua]

I love this man god bless you sir

[luv5e1]

Seems to me that his Ph.D did not help subside Abdel Bari Atwan's jealousy - why him and not me !!! the grass is greener over there then here Hahahah - Egypt is the one responsible of Gaza not Israel - duh!

[luv5e1]

BBC is not impartial - you and i know that!

[pretzelberg]

Abdel Bari Atwan seems reasonable enough on the BBC's Hard Talk - but on the Net he has come up with the most hateful anti-Israel material. The man is a joke. And the same goes for Philo and Llewellyn.

p.s. I am a big critic of Israel and the occupation.