Dawson’s Field

September 9, 2020

What has changed in 50 years of BBC reporting on a PFLP hijacking?

Three years ago we looked at a BBC report dating from September 6th 1970 on the Dawson’s Field h...

May 19, 2017

When did the BBC begin avoiding the use of the word terror in Israel reporting?

BBC avoidance of use of the word terror when reporting attacks on Israelis has been around for longe...

March 31, 2016

BBC WS Newshour erases perpetrators from item about hijacking

The March 29th evening edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour’ inclu...

January 31, 2016

BBC papers over UN HRC connection of Swiss PLO deal broker

On January 22nd the BBC News website published an article titled “Switzerland ‘made secr...

December 29, 2014

BBC R4 programme on terror and the media rebrands PFLP terrorists

On December 22nd BBC Radio 4 broadcast a programme called “Terror and the Oxygen of Publicity&...