Sebastian Usher

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...

September 2, 2021

SUMMARY OF BBC NEWS WEBSITE PORTRAYAL OF ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS – AUGUST 2021

Throughout the month of August 2021, twenty-five written or filmed reports relating to Israel and/or...

August 2, 2021

SUMMARY OF BBC NEWS WEBSITE PORTRAYAL OF ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS – JULY 2021

Throughout the month of July 2021, twenty-seven written or filmed reports relating to Israel and/or ...

June 8, 2021

Another UNRWA story ignored by the BBC

On June 2nd the BBC’s Sebastian Usher put out the following Tweet: Seeing as the BBC has not produ...

February 25, 2021

BBC News persists with ‘Israel says’ portrayal of the Oslo Accords

An edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘World Business Report’ titled “Israel re-...