Human Shields

September 27, 2024

Jeremy Bowen frames the Lebanon story for BBC audiences

The BBC’s international editor has had a busy week. Between September 18th and September 24th, Jer...

September 15, 2024

BBC platforming of UNRWA talking points and allegations

On the evening of September 11th the BBC News website published a report about an airstrike on a Ham...

September 12, 2024

BBC News promotes unverified Hamas supplied casualty toll

Visitors to the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ page early on the morning of September 10th w...

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 31, 2024

BBC News tells partial stories from Deir al Balah and Balata

On July 27th the BBC News website published a report which was originally headlined “Israeli strik...

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 ...

July 17, 2024

BBC reports on strike on Hamas leaders ignore the issue of human shields

Visitors to the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ page on the morning of July 15th found the fo...

July 8, 2024

BBC News framing of a strike on terrorists using human shields

Late on the afternoon of July 6th the BBC News website published a “breaking news story” written...

July 2, 2024

How did the BBC report the IPC’s latest ‘famine’ study?

Readers may recall that in late March the BBC’s international editor Jeremy Bowen reported that: [...

June 14, 2024

More narrative-driven BBC coverage of the hostage rescue in Nuseirat

Previously we discussed three BBC reports – two written and one filmed – which appeared in the h...