Lyse Doucet

May 13, 2022

BBC News website uncritically promotes Al Jazeera claims once again

The day after the death of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on May 11th in Jenin three items...

March 8, 2022

An overview of BBC coverage of Israel PM’s Russia visit

The unusual visits to Moscow and Berlin by Israel’s prime minister Naftali Bennett on March 5th we...

December 13, 2021

BBC R4 promotes speculation on ‘plans to bomb Iran’

Listeners to the December 10th edition of BBC Radio 4’s ‘Today’ programme heard an item (from ...

May 12, 2021

BBC’s Doucet and Knell frame Jerusalem events for worldwide listeners

An item aired in the afternoon edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour’ on Ma...

January 4, 2021

BBC’s Lyse Doucet exploits Corona vaccinations story to promote political narrative

Nearly two weeks after Israel began vaccinating health sector workers and older age-groups in the ge...

December 2, 2020

Reviewing BBC News website reporting on the Fakhrizadeh assassination

Since news of the assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh near Tehran broke on the afternoon of November...

April 28, 2019

An overview of the BBC News website’s 2019 election coverage

Overall, coverage of the 2019 election conformed to the agenda evident in the BBC’s reporting of t...

April 18, 2019

BBC radio listeners get misinformation from Lyse Doucet

Inaccurate reporting from a 'parachuted' BBC journalist. ...

April 15, 2019

BBC’s Lyse Doucet reports election campaign speculation as fact

The BBC's chief international correspondent dreams up new 'background' to Israel's election. ...

April 3, 2019

More one-sided Gaza coverage on BBC World Service radio

A quarter of the March 30th edition of 'Newshour' was devoted to one 'top story' but not one Israeli...