Jon Donnison

March 31, 2025

BBC’s Jon Donnison once again prioritises activist narratives over journalism

Early on March 20th – less than 48 hours after Israel resumed military operations in the Gaza Stri...

March 12, 2025

Omission and inaccuracy in BBC reporting on Gaza electricity cut off

On March 9th the BBC News website published a report by Jon Donnison and Lucy Clarke-Billings titled...

January 28, 2025

BBC’s Donnison again erases terror links of Palestinian convicts

On January 25th the BBC News website published two reports by Jon Donnison concerning the release of...

January 22, 2025

BBC presentation of Palestinian prisoners sticks to the old template

On January 20th the BBC News website published a filmed report on its ‘Middle East’ page under t...

August 28, 2024

BBC News website framing of August 25 Hizballah attacks – part two

Early on the morning of August 25th the Israeli air force carried out a series of strikes on Hizball...

August 27, 2024

BBC News website framing of August 25 Hizballah attacks – part one

Early on the morning of August 25th the Israeli air force carried out a series of strikes on Hizball...

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...

June 10, 2024

Omission and inaccuracy in BBC reporting on hostage rescue

On the afternoon of June 8th, not long after news had broken of the rescue of four Israeli hostages ...

November 28, 2023

BBC responses to criticism of coverage of the Al Ahli explosion – part two

As noted here previously, on November 24th the Press Gazette reported the response of the BBC’s Ex...

October 26, 2023

Examining BBC Verify reports on the October 7 events in Israel

In May of this year the BBC announced the launch of a “new brand“ called ‘BBC Verify’: THE B...