BBC editorial guidelines

May 2, 2025

BBC commitment to social media impartiality again shown to be hollow

On April 24th the BBC’s senior international correspondent Orla Guerin tweeted the following: As c...

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...

March 25, 2025

BBC journalists ignore impartiality guidelines to sign campaign letter

The BBC’s editorial guidelines on impartiality include a section headed “Campaigns and Initiativ...

January 21, 2025

Futility of BBC mandatory referrals on display yet again

Among the many reports concerning the commencement of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the releas...

January 7, 2025

BBC News website promotes Hamas psychological warfare

Early on the morning of January 6th the BBC News website published a report headlined ‘Hamas lists...

December 12, 2024

BBC’s Knell ignores editorial guidelines to promote Amnesty propaganda

On the afternoon of December 5th the BBC Jerusalem bureau’s Yolande Knell had a report published o...

December 10, 2024

BBC News continues to ignore its own guidelines on ‘material from third parties’

On the evening of December 4th the BBC News website published a report by David Gritten headlined â€...

December 3, 2024

BBC audiences once again hear ‘genocide’ disinformation

One of the five public purposes set out in the BBC’s charter includes the obligation to “help co...

November 22, 2024

The editorialised portrayal of a BBC contributor

BBC News website coverage of the 2024 US election has included reports by the BBC Jerusalem bureauâ€...

November 15, 2024

Have your say: consultation on draft BBC editorial guidelines

The BBC has announced a public consultation to which it is possible to contribute until December 19t...