BBC ECU

November 28, 2023

BBC responses to criticism of coverage of the Al Ahli explosion – part two

As noted here previously, on November 24th the Press Gazette reported the response of the BBC’s Ex...

November 27, 2023

BBC responses to criticism of coverage of the Al Ahli explosion – part one

On November 25th the BBC News channel aired an item in which its international editor Jeremy Bowen d...

November 7, 2022

OFCOM publishes findings on BBC Oxford Street incident reporting

In late January we noted that OFCOM had  announced that it would conduct an investigation follow...

May 20, 2022

BBC’s ECU partly upholds eleven-month-old complaint

Almost a year ago Mr Stephen Franklin made a complaint to the BBC about news bulletins aired on BBC ...

April 5, 2022

BBC ECU upholds complaint about ‘Paris Police 1900’

Readers may recall that last October the BBC amended the synopsis to the first episode of a drama se...

January 30, 2022

BBC ECU issues decision on reporting of the Oxford Street incident

On January 8th the BBC News website reported that the many complaints it had received concerning rep...

January 9, 2022

BBC promotes BBC statements in report on complaints about BBC content

A report which appeared on the BBC News website’s ‘UK’ page late on the evening of January 8th...

December 22, 2021

BBC ECU rejects complaint about inaccurate portrayal of Miller dismissal

In early October we documented the BBC’s use of an inaccurate headline in its reporting of the dis...

July 12, 2021

Down the BBC Complaints procedure rabbit hole

As we all too often have cause to note on these pages, the BBC’s editorial guidelines on impartial...

August 7, 2020

Reviewing BBC Arabic’s ‘Nakba Day’ photo feature

A post by CAMERA Arabic. On May 15th the BBC Arabic website published a photo feature and timeline...