Sebastian Usher

February 27, 2025

Why doesn’t the BBC tell the story behind its ‘permanent ceasefire’ framing?

In recent weeks visitors to the BBC News website have seen repeated promotion of the notion of a “...

February 24, 2025

BBC News hostage release reporting continues to fail audiences

Visitors to the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ page on the morning of February 23rd found th...

February 14, 2025

Weekend long read

1) At the Alma Center, Tal Beeri looks at ‘The New Lebanese Government – Details and Implication...

January 9, 2025

Omissions in BBC ME editor’s reporting from Syria

Throughout the past month, much of the BBC News website’s Middle East coverage has, understandably...

August 1, 2024

BBC News website live page framing of Haniyeh assassination

When the news broke of the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran early on July 31st...

October 17, 2023

Another BBC ‘explanation’ of its refusal to name terrorism

Earlier we discussed John Simpson’s October 11th article defending the BBC’s avoidance of the te...

October 10, 2023

SUMMARY OF BBC NEWS WEBSITE PORTRAYAL OF ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS – SEPTEMBER 2023

Throughout the month of September 2023, twenty-five written or filmed reports relating to Israel and...

September 5, 2023

SUMMARY OF BBC NEWS WEBSITE PORTRAYAL OF ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS – AUGUST 2023

Throughout the month of August 2023, twenty-four written or filmed reports relating to Israel and/or...

June 16, 2023

BBC WS ME editor misleads on Egypt-Israel border

Previously we discussed two BBC News website reports about the June 3rd incident near Israel’s bor...

March 8, 2022

An overview of BBC coverage of Israel PM’s Russia visit

The unusual visits to Moscow and Berlin by Israel’s prime minister Naftali Bennett on March 5th we...