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February 23, 2024

Weekend long read

1) Writing at Newsweek, John Spencer explains why ‘Hospitals Are Protected Under International Law...

February 11, 2024

Another BBC Verify report adds to its record of imbalance

On the evening of Friday, February 9th, the BBC News website published a report by BBC Verify headli...

February 6, 2024

Another chapter in the story of BBC impartiality and social media

On February 4th the Telegraph published a report by Henry Bodkin headlined ‘BBC journalists ‘lik...

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 14, 2023

BBC journalists continue to ignore impartiality and social media guidelines

On the morning of November 11th a report headlined ‘Gaza casualties: ‘Most of the children i...

November 9, 2023

BBC News promotes Gaza ‘genocide’ propaganda

As previously noted here, on November 2nd the BBC News website published a filmed report titled ‘I...

November 7, 2023

Unevidenced claims of Israeli attacks promoted on multiple BBC platforms

On November 3rd the BBC television’s ‘News at Ten’ aired a report by Jeremy Bowen, part of whi...

November 5, 2023

Social media ‘influencers’ and Nazi analogy in BBC News reporting

The November 3rd edition of BBC domestic television’s 6 p.m. news included an item relating to an ...

July 28, 2023

BBC’s Bateman tweets simplistic claim about Jerusalem eviction case

On July 11th the BBC Jerusalem bureau’s Tom Bateman Tweeted the following: The BBC’s latest guid...

July 14, 2023

Weekend long read

1) MEMRI reports on a recent spat between the Palestinian Authority and Al Jazeera. “Fatah and PA ...