Tom Bateman

September 29, 2025

BBC News promotes CPJ claims concerning ’31 journalists’

Visitors to the BBC News website on the afternoon of September 24th found a report by Alys Davies he...

July 1, 2025

What was the focus of BBC reporting on the Gaza Strip in June 2025?

In early June we documented the BBC’s extensive reporting of a story that had not actually happene...

June 3, 2025

BBC promotion of the Rafah incident that wasn’t

Early on the morning of June 1st the BBC News website published a report headlined “At least 15 ki...

May 4, 2025

BBC promotion of unverified claims from anti-Israel activists

The lead item in the May 2nd edition of the BBC World Service ‘Global News Podcast’ was presente...

April 3, 2025

BBC journalists uninterested in terrorists posing as medical personnel

Early on the morning of March 31st a report appeared on the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ p...

March 7, 2025

BBC News continues to promote unverified Hamas denials of aid theft

Since the early stages of the war which began as a result of Hamas’ unprecedented attacks on Israe...

February 9, 2025

Predictable BBC framing in coverage of Trump’s Gaza Strip proposals

Remarks made by the US president during a press conference following the Israeli prime minister’s ...

October 30, 2024

Repeated BBC promotion of a narrative based on ‘suspicion’ and ‘belief’

On October 6th the IDF launched a new operation in the Jabaliya district of the northern Gaza Strip,...

June 6, 2024

BBC framing of Hamas reactions to the US ceasefire proposal

Since May 31st the BBC News website has published several reports relating to the topic of the speec...

May 16, 2024

BBC News sidelines Hamas attacks on humanitarian aid crossing

As previously discussed here, on May 5th the BBC News website published a report about a fatal Hama...