Wyre Davies

July 27, 2022

The empty shell of BBC social media use guidance

The BBC’s guidance on the use of social media opens by clarifying that: [emphasis added] “All BB...

January 19, 2022

Former BBC Jerusalem reporter breaches guidance on social media use

On January 17th Israeli police arrived in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of Jerusalem in order to v...

August 12, 2021

More of the same in BBC reports from Silwan

Readers may recall that in late June, BBC World Service radio aired a completely one-sided and conte...

September 2, 2019

BBC News promotes a claim it previously amended in February

A BBC News report on Hizballah's attack excludes relevant context....

September 1, 2019

A familiar face returns to the BBC Jerusalem bureau

Wyre Davies returns to report from Jerusalem....

August 28, 2019

Revisiting a BBC journalist’s claim about ‘Palestinian land’

Blanket acceptance of a political narrative leads to inaccurate reporting....

June 17, 2016

Comparing BBC reporting on English and Israeli football hooligans

Last month the BBC’s Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen found it appropriate to respond to an Isr...

November 1, 2014

BBC News website coverage of Operation Protective Edge: part four

In the first three installments of this post (see ‘related articles’ below) we documen...

October 29, 2014

BBC News website coverage of Operation Protective Edge: part three

In parts one and two of this post we documented BBC News website coverage of the first twenty days...

August 10, 2014

More BBC misrepresentation of Gaza border restrictions from Wyre Davies

Between the commencement of Operation Protective Edge on July 8th and the beginning of the 72-hour c...