Lyse Doucet

August 12, 2014

BBC inaccurately labels Israeli missile warning system as weapon

“Firepower: The destructive capacity of guns, missiles, or a military force (used with referen...

July 26, 2014

Half a picture, half a story: how the BBC compromises its own impartiality in Gaza

As was noted in this recent post, an article by Yolande Knell titled “Gaza: Hamas seeks to eme...

July 24, 2014

BBC avoids giving audiences the whole picture on Hamas' pre-ceasefire demands

There is nothing novel about BBC misrepresentation of Israel’s naval blockade on the Gaza Stri...

July 21, 2014

Themes in BBC reporting on events in Shuja'iya

The fierce fighting between the IDF and Hamas terrorists in the Gaza City neighbourhood of ShujaR...

July 21, 2014

The reality behind the BBC's promotion of information from medics in Gaza

As was noted here a few days ago, on July 15th the BBC’s Yolande Knell (perhaps inadvertently)...

July 21, 2014

BBC's Doucet promotes and amplifies Hamas "massacre" propaganda on WS radio

On the afternoon of July 20th the BBC promoted an item by Lyse Doucet included in its World Service&...

July 20, 2014

BBC omits vital context in reporting from Shuja'iya

Today, July 20th, there has been heavy fighting in the Gaza City neighbourhood of Shuja’iya. A...

July 20, 2014

Twenty-three seconds of BBC reporting on Gaza tunnels

Yesterday we noted here that the BBC has so far failed to provide audiences with anything even appro...

July 20, 2014

About those Gaza Health Ministry casualty figures cited by the BBC…

Despite the plethora of BBC reporters currently on the ground in the Gaza Strip, BBC audiences have ...

July 19, 2014

BBC fails to adequately inform audiences on terrorist tunnels (and worse)

Quentin Sommerville’s filmed report for BBC television news late on July 17th (which also appe...