Yolande Knell

August 6, 2024

More BBC promotion of Al Jazeera narratives and messaging

On July 31st the Qatari media outlet Al Jazeera announced that two of its employees in the Gaza Stri...

August 1, 2024

BBC News website live page framing of Haniyeh assassination

When the news broke of the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran early on July 31st...

June 13, 2024

BBC News yet again touts Hamas denials of exploitation of hospitals

Readers no doubt recall that back in April the BBC News website promoted unverified (and later debun...

June 9, 2024

How did BBC News report a strike on terrorists in Nuseirat?

Early on the morning of June 6th the IDF announced that it had carried out a strike on Hamas and Pal...

May 9, 2024

BBC Radio 2 platforms ‘go back to Israel’ and ‘Jewish power’ trope

The May 7th edition of BBC Radio Two’s Jeremy Vine show included items relating to “protests at ...

April 9, 2024

BBC News continues to promote Hamas denials of abuse of hospitals

When the IDF launched an operation at Shifa hospital on March 18th, the BBC News website published t...

April 7, 2024

No BBC follow up on inaccurate Lebanon ‘shelling’ story

On the afternoon of March 30th the BBC News website published a report by Mattea Bubalo headlined â€...

April 2, 2024

BBC corrects one version of a report which breaches its own style guide

Last month we noted the appearance of a report by the BBC Jerusalem bureau’s Yolande Knell in whic...

March 28, 2024

BBC framing of a story that has yet to happen

On February 9th Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office put out a statement: “It is impossible to ach...

March 26, 2024

BBC News uses Shifa military operation for more promotion of a narrative

Previously we looked at the BBC News website content published on the first day of the ongoing opera...