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September 1, 2020

Another superficial report on Corona in Gaza from the BBC’s Yolande Knell

Earlier we looked at how reports on the BBC News website and BBC Radio 4 had framed the discovery of...

August 30, 2020

BBC reports on Corona in Gaza include context-free portrayal of blockade

Visitors to the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ have in recent days seen two written reports ...

August 26, 2020

BBC’s Newshour presents disinformation and lies as ‘context’ to balloon attacks

Earlier this month we noted that the BBC was ignoring the renewal of attacks from the Gaza Strip u...

July 31, 2020

Hamas leader debunks some BBC narratives

Among the narratives promoted by the BBC in recent years is the claim that Palestinian leaders aspir...

July 23, 2020

BBC’s Knell twice amplifies the false claim of a ‘siege’ on the Gaza Strip

On July 20th a filmed report titled “Gaza’s disturbing cases of suicides” – credited to ...

June 29, 2020

BBC’s Knell fails to challenge the PA on decision affecting healthcare

On June 14th we noted that BBC audiences had not seen any reporting on how Mahmoud Abbas’ May 19th...

April 21, 2020

An overview of BBC reporting on Coronavirus in the Gaza Strip

Between March 13th and April 7th 2020 BBC audiences saw or heard reports on the topic of Coronavirus...

April 7, 2020

BBC News continues to push inaccurate Gaza healthcare narrative

h/t SFoI, SS The lead item on the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ page on the morning of Apri...

April 3, 2020

The BBC, Coronavirus and population density

On March 31st an article by the BBC’s diplomatic correspondent Jonathan Marcus titled “Coronavir...

March 26, 2020

BBC Radio 4 spreads inaccurate Gaza healthcare canard

The healthcare system in the Gaza Strip has suffered from shortages of medical equipment and supplie...