Owen Jones

This is my independent channel, unaffiliated to any media organisation, in which I try to challenge and expose injustices, give a platform to the unheard, and offer alternatives to a broken system. Not as dry as it sounds (hopefully!)

Recent articles by Owen Jones

The BBC’s civil war over Gaza

The BBC’s civil war over Gaza

The BBC is facing an internal revolt over its reporting on Israel’s war on Gaza. Their primary battlefield has become the online news operation. Drop Site News spoke to 13 current and former staffers who mapped out the extensive bias in the BBC’s coverage and how their demands for change have been largely met with silence from management. At times, these journalists point out, the coverage has been more credulous about Israeli claims than the UK’s own Conservative leaders and the Israeli media, while devaluing Palestinian life, ignoring atrocities, and creating a false equivalence in an entirely unbalanced conflict.

While the world discussed the Games, Israel was focused on rape

While the world discussed the Games, Israel was focused on rape

In the second and last week of the Paris Olympics, most of the world was discussing sporting performances and medal tallies.

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