Safety of Journalists

March 24, 2024

BBC coverage of Shifa hospital operation again promotes Hamas propaganda

On March 18th the BBC News website published three items relating to a military operation at Shifa h...

March 5, 2024

The CEO of BBC News answers a question

On the morning of March 1st we asked a question: As we noted in our post, the ITIC recently publishe...

March 3, 2024

The BBC’s own record debunks Jeremy Bowen’s ‘free access’ claims

On the evening of February 28th the BBC News website published a report by Yasmin Rufo and David Gri...

March 1, 2024

The BBC, journalism and terrorism

Readers may recall that in early January, the BBC News website published a report by Shaimaa Khalil...

February 16, 2024

BBC News ignores Al Jazeera journalists stories

Hot on the heels of the discovery of a Hamas data centre in a tunnel complex located underneath UNR...

January 10, 2024

More BBC amplification of Al Jazeera’s ‘targeting journalists’ falsehood

In May 2023 the BBC Jerusalem bureau’s Tom Bateman promoted a report concerning Israel produced by...

December 29, 2023

Weekend long read

1) At the CTC, Phillip Smyth analyses ‘The Path to October 7: How Iran Built Up and Managed a Pale...

December 28, 2023

More uncritical BBC amplification of CPJ messaging

Last month we discussed the BBC News website’s reporting on the topic of the deaths of journalists...

November 23, 2023

BBC News website reporting on the deaths of journalists

On November 21st the BBC News website published a report – tagged ‘Press freedom’ – by L...

August 11, 2023

The limitations of BBC interest in the safety of Palestinian journalists

BBC coverage of the death of the Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin in May 2022 included...