Paul Martin is a BBC-linked journalist who I exposed as a fraud last month, in a major investigative feature. Although a freelancer, Martin has been described by Newsnight as “our correspondent” at least once. The problem is that Martin has a bad habit of using false identities and making up stories, as my article showed.
Since this story got out, Martin (whose real name seems to be Paul Cainer) has been trying to cover his tracks. Read more about BBC's Palestine hoaxer Paul Martin tries to cover his online tracks
BICOM, the Britain Israel Communications & Research Centre, prides itself on “providing daily, expert news summary” to politicians and journalists in the UK. But when it comes to an issue as contested as Iran, what BICOM considers news suggests a problematic bias. Read more about The news according to BICOM