BBC’s Paul Adams amplifies Nazi analogy in coverage of Gaza ground op
One of several BBC journalists ‘parachuted in’ to the region recently in order to cover Operation Protective Shield is Paul Adams – usually based in London as a World Affairs correspondent. On July...
View ArticleThe reality behind the BBC’s promotion of information from medics in Gaza
As was noted here a few days ago, on July 15th the BBC’s Yolande Knell (perhaps inadvertently) documented the use of the Shifa hospital in Gaza City as a hideout for the Hamas top brass. Other...
View ArticleThe curious case of a dual-identity BBC interviewee in Gaza
On July 29th a filmed report by Chris Morris which appeared on BBC television news was also posted on the BBC News website’s Middle East page under the title “Middle East crisis: BBC at Gaza mosque...
View ArticleBBC WS presenter: filmed evidence of Hamas’ misuse of hospitals is ‘rumours...
The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) is – as readers are most likely aware – an organisation which since the early days of the second Intifada has been providing financial, logistic and PR...
View ArticleYet more ‘Wafa washing’ on the BBC News website
Of all the hundreds of items of coverage of the events of the last month in Israel and the Gaza Strip which have appeared on the BBC News website (and we’ll be doing the maths soon), this one stands...
View ArticleHow did the BBC News website report renewed missile attacks on Israel?
At 08:00 local time on August 8th the 72-hour ceasefire brokered in an attempt to bring an end to the month-long hostilities in Israel and the Gaza Strip expired. Israel had already agreed to its...
View ArticleBBC reports over ten times fewer post-truce missile hits on Israel than...
On August 9th James Reynolds produced a filmed report for BBC television news which was also promoted on the BBC News website’s Middle East page under the title “Violence resumes is [sic] Gaza as truce...
View ArticleOrla Guerin’s parting shot breaches BBC editorial guidelines
“We apologize for this and would like to assure you that the matter has been raised with the relevant editorial staff at the BBC News Channel, who have been reminded of the need to clearly describe the...
View ArticleBBC reports on Wafa hospital shown to be inaccurate
The Wafa hospital in the Shuja’iya neighbourhood of Gaza City was featured in several BBC reports produced during the conflict between Israel and Gaza Strip-based terrorist organisations this last...
View ArticleComparing BBC reporting on strikes on hospitals in Syria and Gaza
On July 31st the Associated Press reported an airstrike (allegedly not the first) on a hospital in the Dara’a province of southern Syria. “In southern Syria, an airstrike on a hospital in an...
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