Yolande Knell

September 22, 2020

Reviewing BBC Radio 4’s framing of the Abraham Accords

Previously we looked at BBC World Service radio’s insertion of the topic of human rights in Bahrai...

September 13, 2020

BBC News ignores developments in Gaza health story it reported in June

In late June the BBC World Service radio programme ‘Newshour’ aired a report by the BBC Jerusale...

September 11, 2020

BBC refuses to correct erroneous Oslo Accords claims

Last month we documented inaccurate claims made by the BBC Jerusalem bureau’s Yolande Knell during...

September 7, 2020

Reviewing BBC amplification of the notion of ‘betrayed’ Palestinians

Last month we documented some widely promoted framing in BBC radio and television reports concerning...

September 3, 2020

SUMMARY OF BBC NEWS WEBSITE PORTRAYAL OF ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS – AUGUST 2020

Throughout the month of August 2020, seventeen written or filmed reports relating to Israel and/or t...

September 1, 2020

Another superficial report on Corona in Gaza from the BBC’s Yolande Knell

Earlier we looked at how reports on the BBC News website and BBC Radio 4 had framed the discovery of...

August 30, 2020

BBC reports on Corona in Gaza include context-free portrayal of blockade

Visitors to the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ have in recent days seen two written reports ...

August 19, 2020

Inaccuracies in BBC reporting on the Israel-UAE agreement – part two

As documented here earlier, BBC reporting on the announcement concerning the normalisation of relat...

August 18, 2020

Inaccuracies in BBC reporting on the Israel-UAE agreement – part one

As readers no doubt recall, throughout June the BBC devoted considerable resources to coverage of th...

July 23, 2020

BBC’s Knell twice amplifies the false claim of a ‘siege’ on the Gaza Strip

On July 20th a filmed report titled “Gaza’s disturbing cases of suicides” – credited to ...