BBC editorial guidelines

November 7, 2025

The BBC’s ‘that was what we knew at the time’ excuse

Last month we documented our receipt of a fourteen-month late response to a complaint submitted to t...

September 10, 2025

Value judgements in BBC coverage of Ramot terror attack

On the morning of September 8th the BBC News website began reporting on what was originally describe...

August 31, 2025

Twenty months on, the BBC replies to a complaint about its Al Ahli coverage

Back in October 2023 we documented the BBC News website’s publication of a report by BBC Verify ti...

August 21, 2025

Another BBC interpretation of editorial guidelines on ‘Contributors’ Affiliations’

In early April 2024 we discussed a BBC News website report by the corporation’s Geneva correspond...

August 4, 2025

BBC scraps the word terrorist from headline concerning convicted terrorist

As previously noted, the new BBC editorial guidelines – set to come into effect on September 1...

August 3, 2025

The BBC explains what its editorial guidelines on ‘contributors’ affiliations’ really mean

Back in April we documented a BBC News website report about the release of a convicted terrorist who...

July 25, 2025

Will the BBC’s Gaza documentary internal review make any difference?

On July 14th the BBC published the findings of its internal review into the documentary ‘Gaza: How...

July 8, 2025

BBC News website amplification of unsubstantiated leaked claims

Two days after the US had conducted strikes on three nuclear facilities in Iran, a BBC News website ...

July 4, 2025

BBC announces new editorial guidelines

Following the public consultation which took place late last year, the BBC has published new editori...

June 30, 2025

BBC News reports on ‘protests’ but fails to provide background

On June 23rd the BBC News website published two filmed reports on the topic of protests against the ...