Accuracy

July 22, 2024

BBC News continues to mainstream lies about Gaza casualty figures

Earlier this month we documented the deliberate promotion of disinformation concerning casualty figu...

July 14, 2024

Looking behind a BBC World Service radio news bulletin

Listeners to the first hour of the BBC World Service radio programme ‘OS’ on July 5th heard a ne...

July 11, 2024

BBC Two’s ‘Newsnight’ provides a platform for disinformation

The lead item in the July 9th edition of BBC Two’s ‘Newsnight’ was presented as “Joe Biden F...

July 8, 2024

BBC News framing of a strike on terrorists using human shields

Late on the afternoon of July 6th the BBC News website published a “breaking news story” written...

July 7, 2024

BBC News corrects inaccurate claims concerning ICC warrants

Last month we documented a BBC News website report dating from June 12th in which readers were misle...

June 25, 2024

BBC News website promotes inaccurate claims about ICC warrants

On June 12th the BBC News website published a report by Matt Murphy headlined ‘Israel, Hamas accus...

June 24, 2024

The knock-on effects of BBC accuracy failures

We have observed in the past that BBC content which fails to adhere to editorial guidelines on accur...

June 16, 2024

BBC promotion of UNICEF spokesman’s aid truck tale

Given that misinformation and disinformation have been rife since the very beginning of the current ...

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 10, 2024

Omission and inaccuracy in BBC reporting on hostage rescue

On the afternoon of June 8th, not long after news had broken of the rescue of four Israeli hostages ...