Anthony Zurcher

July 8, 2025

BBC News website amplification of unsubstantiated leaked claims

Two days after the US had conducted strikes on three nuclear facilities in Iran, a BBC News website ...

February 9, 2025

Predictable BBC framing in coverage of Trump’s Gaza Strip proposals

Remarks made by the US president during a press conference following the Israeli prime minister’s ...

June 6, 2021

SUMMARY OF BBC NEWS WEBSITE PORTRAYAL OF ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS – MAY 2021

Throughout the month of May 2021, one hundred and five written or filmed reports relating to Israel ...

December 12, 2019

BBC News guide to UK election downplays Labour antisemitism

A guide for North America readers tells of ‘accusations’ against the Labour leader. ...

December 31, 2017

Reviewing BBC coverage of the UN GA Jerusalem vote – part two

BBC WS radio coverage of the UN GA vote concerning Jerusalem had one main focus. ...

October 25, 2014

Unsatisfactory comments moderation on BBC’s ‘Echo Chambers’ blog

The ‘House Rules’ for BBC blogs include the following: “Comments on our blogs are ...

October 17, 2014

In which BBC News helps an MP’s falsehood on its way to becoming an accepted ‘fact’

As we noted here in an earlier post, there was nothing ‘right’ or ‘honourable̵...

June 22, 2014

BBC’s ‘Echo Chambers’ blog promotes inaccurate information on kidnapped teens

h/t BK The BBC News website blog titled ‘Echo Chambers’ (edited by Anthony Zurcher) purp...