Sebastian Usher

February 21, 2021

Poetic license: BBC News recycles ten-year-old misinformation

On February 15th a short report by the BBC’s Arab affairs editor Sebastian Usher headlined “Mour...

December 15, 2020

BBC WS Arab affairs editor misleads on Sudan and Morocco

The December 10th edition of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour’ included an item (...

November 15, 2020

BBC WS radio’s Newshour airs “tributes” to Erekat – part one

Around a quarter of the airtime on the November 10th afternoon edition of the BBC World Service radi...

October 7, 2020

BBC portrayal of the upcoming Israel-Lebanon maritime border talks

On October 1st the BBC News website published a report headlined “Lebanon and Israel to hold ̵...

August 25, 2020

BBC’s ‘Outside Source’ gives unchallenged platform to known propagandist

When the announcement concerning the normalisation of relations between Israel and the United Arab...

July 16, 2018

An overview of BBC WS July 14 news bulletins

How did the BBC WS portray events in Israel and the Gaza Strip on July 14? ...

April 1, 2018

BBC News claims Gaza stone throwers engaged in ‘peaceful demonstrations’

Hamas' organisational role in Friday's border rioting was removed from later versions of the BBC's r...

February 26, 2018

BBC News again claims Israeli involvement in Syria’s war

Another BBC journalist is unable to grasp that there is more than one set of events going on at the ...

December 12, 2017

The BBC, violence and promotion of linkage – part two

The BBC claims to have found the 'reason' for a 'boost' to ISIS terrorists. ...

December 11, 2017

The BBC, violence and promotion of linkage – part one

Documenting the BBC's 'explanation' of the cause of violence after the US Jerusalem announcement....