Safety of Journalists

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...

May 30, 2023

BBC Jerusalem bureau does churnalism for CPJ report

On the afternoon of May 9th the BBC News website published an article by the Jerusalem bureau’s To...

July 27, 2022

The empty shell of BBC social media use guidance

The BBC’s guidance on the use of social media opens by clarifying that: [emphasis added] “All BB...

May 31, 2022

BBC Radio 4 news does PR for lawfare

Previously we looked at the BBC News website’s amplification of the unsurprising results of an ‘...

May 19, 2022

A narrative and a libel on BBC WS radio’s Newshour

The lead item (from 00:10 here) in the May 11th afternoon edition of BBC World Service radio’s ‘...

May 18, 2022

BBC WS radio promotion of the ‘Israel targets journalists’ libel

As we have previously documented (see ‘related articles’ below) early cross-platform BBC reporti...

May 15, 2022

BBC Radio 4 sticks to the narrative on Al Jazeera journalist’s shooting

Previously we have looked at the BBC’s initial reporting of the death of Shireen Abu Akleh in Jeni...