Merlyn Thomas

August 24, 2025

BBC coverage of the IPC Gaza City famine report – part one

August 22nd saw the appearance of the latest report from The Integrated Food Security Phase Classifi...

August 20, 2025

BBC Verify tries to prop up a chosen narrative

Earlier this month we discussed the BBC’s framing of airdrops of humanitarian aid into the Gaza St...

August 1, 2025

BBC does ‘rinse and repeat’ framing of Gaza aid airdrops

On the afternoon of July 25th COGAT announced the resumption of airdrops of humanitarian aid into th...

June 15, 2025

Initial BBC News website coverage of events in Iran and Israel

On the morning of June 13th the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ page had little to offer its ...

June 13, 2025

BBC can’t verify a Hamas tunnel visited by international journalists

Previously we discussed BBC coverage of the May 13th strikes adjacent to – rather than ‘on’ â€...

June 6, 2025

How BBC framing of the GHF toes the UN line

In our discussion of BBC promotion of a narrative concerning an alleged fatal incident near Rafah on...

May 25, 2025

BBC Verify’s agenda-driven return to the European hospital story

Previously we discussed BBC news website coverage of strikes carried out on May 13th around the Eu...

May 23, 2025

BBC News website reporting on strikes around the European hospital

Last week the BBC News website published several items relating to strikes carried out on May 13th a...

October 1, 2024

BBC Verify under informs and editorialises on Beirut strikes

On the morning of September 29th a report by BBC Verify on the topic of the elimination of Hassan Na...

August 25, 2024

BBC News continues to promote Hamas casualty claims

On August 15th the Gaza ministry of health – which is of course run by the terrorist organisation ...