Rebecca Kesby

September 11, 2023

Israeli moshav becomes a ‘settlement’ in BBC radio reports

The BBC’s Jerusalem bureau has to date displayed little, if any, interest in the topic of the repe...

July 28, 2021

World Service radio radically broadens BBC’s framing of spyware story

Previously we have looked at how the BBC has chosen to erase from audience view a British firm’s m...

August 21, 2019

BBC repeats uncritical promotion of ‘Gaza’ film

For the second time BBC audiences heard uncritical, unchallenging and uninformative promotion of a f...

August 19, 2018

Superficial BBC WS reporting on Gaza truce discussions

Inaccuracies and serious omissions in a 'Newshour' item concerning a potential Gaza ceasefire....

February 19, 2018

BBC WS tells listeners to go online for part of a story it didn’t tell

BBC WS listeners hear a discussion about a statement made by the Polish PM - without the statement. ...

November 30, 2017

BBC WS radio listeners get unchallenged Hizballah messaging – part two

Two editions of 'Newshour' gave listeners a one-sided view of a story....

November 29, 2017

BBC WS radio listeners get unchallenged Hizballah messaging – part one

Newshour's choice of 'analyst' meant BBC audiences got a one-sided and politicised view of a story. ...

October 18, 2017

BBC’s chief international correspondent claims Hamas changed its charter

BBC WS audiences hear dubious analysis of Hamas-Fatah 'unity'. ...

July 20, 2017

BBC WS ‘Newshour’ picks up the baton of BDS campaign amplification

BBC amplification of the BDS campaign continues. ...

August 30, 2016

BBC’s 2014 claim of an attack on a UN school shown to be inaccurate

On August 3rd 2014 the BBC told its audiences that Israeli forces had attacked a UN school in Rafah....