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BBC’s Donnison Tweets Another Falsehood

When will the BBC’s Jon Donnison learn? His tweet purporting to show a Gazan child injured as a result of an Israeli airstrike earned him a place in the 2012 Dishonest Reporting Awards after it…

Simon Plosker
December 15, 2014
12:00 am

Reading time: 2 minutes

When will the BBC’s Jon Donnison learn? His tweet purporting to show a Gazan child injured as a result of an Israeli airstrike earned him a place in the 2012 Dishonest Reporting Awards after it was revealed that the photo was actually from the Syrian conflict.

Now Donnison, despite currently being posted to Sydney, Australia, has weighed in with this tweet about the death of Palestinian official Ziad Abu Ein from a heart attack while confronting Israeli soldiers.

Except that footage from the scene clearly shows a female IDF medic attempting to clear the area so that she can administer first aid to Abu Ein before he is picked up and taken away by Palestinians, something that is clearly shown in video from Sky News (screenshot below).

Perhaps Donnison should think twice before tweeting any footage or reports supplied by Kremlin propaganda outfit Russia Today (should BBC journalists be tweeting RT content at all?).

Looks like another apology for a false tweet is in order for Jon Donnison.

(H/T: Adam Mallerman)

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Tags: Distorting facts, Jon Donnison, Lack of context, Twitter, Ziad Abu Ein

Simon Plosker

With over two decades of experience in various non-governmental organizations in the UK and Israel, Simon Plosker returned to HonestReporting in October 2022 as Editorial Director having previously been part of the organization’s management team from 2005 to 2020. Prior to his first spell at HonestReporting, Simon worked in Israel for NGO Monitor, BICOM, and served for a short period in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. He was Managing Editor of the Geneva-based NGO United Nations Watch for two years before moving back to the frontline defending Israel from media bias. Simon has a BSoc.Sc in International Studies and Political Science from the University of Birmingham and an MSc in History of International Relations from the London School of Economics. He immigrated to Israel in 2001 from London.

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