David Gritten

April 4, 2025

Revisiting BBC editorial policy on NGOs

Last week The Atlantic published an article by Michael Powell titled “The Double Standard in the H...

April 3, 2025

BBC journalists uninterested in terrorists posing as medical personnel

Early on the morning of March 31st a report appeared on the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ p...

March 19, 2025

More uncritical and context-free BBC promotion of UN allegations

The BBC’s presentation of its Editorial Standards includes the following, under the sub-heading â€...

March 9, 2025

Arab League talking points go unchallenged on two BBC platforms

The March 5th edition of the BBC Radio 4 ‘Today’ programme included an item (from 2:45:41 here)Â...

March 7, 2025

BBC News continues to promote unverified Hamas denials of aid theft

Since the early stages of the war which began as a result of Hamas’ unprecedented attacks on Israe...

February 27, 2025

Why doesn’t the BBC tell the story behind its ‘permanent ceasefire’ framing?

In recent weeks visitors to the BBC News website have seen repeated promotion of the notion of a “...

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 ...

January 30, 2025

Themes in BBC News website Gaza ceasefire coverage

This past week has seen extensive BBC News website reporting on the topic of the return of evacuated...

January 19, 2025

BBC News website airbrushes Hamas chief’s ceasefire speech

On the evening of January 15th the BBC News website published a report headlined “Gaza ceasefire d...

January 14, 2025

BBC report on new Lebanese president omits relevant information

On the afternoon of January 9th the BBC News website published a report headlined ‘Army chief elec...