shortfall missiles

November 28, 2023

BBC responses to criticism of coverage of the Al Ahli explosion – part two

As noted here previously, on November 24th the Press Gazette reported the response of the BBC’s Ex...

November 27, 2023

BBC responses to criticism of coverage of the Al Ahli explosion – part one

On November 25th the BBC News channel aired an item in which its international editor Jeremy Bowen d...

November 20, 2023

BBC’s fact check department roots for Hamas casualty figures

On the morning of November 16th the BBC News website published a report headlined ‘How the dead ar...

October 29, 2023

Reviewing BBC Verify reporting on the al Ahli hospital incident

Given that BBC coverage of the explosion at al Ahli hospital in the Gaza Strip on the evening of Oct...

October 19, 2023

Why BBC reporting on the Al Ahli hospital incident should not surprise

On the evening of October 17th the BBC was quick to tell its worldwide audiences about an “Israeli...

May 21, 2023

BBC portrayals of shortfall missiles again compromise audience understanding

Between May 9th and May 14th the BBC News website published six reports concerning Operation Shield ...

May 14, 2023

BBC reporting on PIJ continues to leave readers underinformed

Previously we looked at the BBC News website’s initial report concerning Operation Shield and Arro...

August 19, 2022

BBC again platforms terror group that abuses press freedom

As we have documented, the BBC’s cross-platform coverage of Operation Breaking Dawn has included o...

August 18, 2022

BBC News gets out the scare quotes in report on counter-terrorism op

On August 9th the BBC News website published a report headlined ‘West Bank: Al-Aqsa Martyrs’...

August 17, 2022

Shoehorning Gaza into BBC reports on Jerusalem terror attack

The current version of the BBC News website’s report about the shooting attack in Jerusalem on Aug...