Barbara Plett Usher

October 16, 2025

BBC sticks to the format in reports on Palestinian prisoner releases

As was documented here in November 2023 and in January 2025, the BBC’s previous coverage of the re...

September 2, 2025

The ten-month-long story of a complaint to the BBC

Over a year ago we discussed a BBC News website report about an early morning strike on the former a...

July 31, 2025

Behind the BBC’s promotion of a GHF ‘whistleblower’

As we have previously documented, the BBC self-conscripted to a PR campaign against the Gaza Humanit...

July 1, 2025

What was the focus of BBC reporting on the Gaza Strip in June 2025?

In early June we documented the BBC’s extensive reporting of a story that had not actually happene...

June 12, 2025

Looking behind the titles of two BBC sources in the Gaza Strip

On June 3rd the BBC News website published a report by Tom Bennett titled “At least 27 Palestinian...

June 6, 2025

How BBC framing of the GHF toes the UN line

In our discussion of BBC promotion of a narrative concerning an alleged fatal incident near Rafah on...

August 25, 2024

BBC News continues to promote Hamas casualty claims

On August 15th the Gaza ministry of health – which is of course run by the terrorist organisation ...

August 12, 2024

The sources behind another BBC “targeting schools” report

On August 10th the BBC News website published an uncredited report under the headline “Dozens repo...

July 29, 2024

BBC News website coverage of the Majdal Shams massacre

On the evening of July 27th the BBC News website began reporting a breaking news story about a Hizba...

July 18, 2024

BBC News sticks to the narrative in reports on UNRWA schools

On the evening of July 15th the BBC promoted a BBC News website report on social media. That report ...