Yolande Knell

August 3, 2025

The BBC explains what its editorial guidelines on ‘contributors’ affiliations’ really mean

Back in April we documented a BBC News website report about the release of a convicted terrorist who...

July 30, 2025

BBC refuses to correct report promoting unverified claim

Last week we noted that on July 12th, the BBC News website published a report by David Gritten in wh...

July 7, 2025

Behind the BBC’s ‘400 aid distribution points’ narrative

Last week the head of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) criticised a claim made in a report by ...

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 6, 2025

How BBC framing of the GHF toes the UN line

In our discussion of BBC promotion of a narrative concerning an alleged fatal incident near Rafah on...

April 27, 2025

BBC News defends Hamas casualty figures once again

In the early hours of April 23rd, the BBC News website published a report by the BBC Jerusalem burea...

April 21, 2025

Airbrushing terrorists from the BBC’s ‘permanent public record’

As readers may know, the BBC’s editorial guidelines state that “[t]he archive of the BBCR...

April 20, 2025

BBC’s Knell bases one-sided report on NGO press releases

On the evening of April 10th the BBC News website published a report about the release of a convicte...

April 7, 2025

No follow up to BBC reports on strike in Jabaliya

The April 2nd edition of the BBC World Service’s ‘Global News Podcast’ goes under the title â€...

April 4, 2025

Revisiting BBC editorial policy on NGOs

Last week The Atlantic published an article by Michael Powell titled “The Double Standard in the H...