BBC News style guide

June 3, 2018

BBC R4 FOOC report on Palestinian music promotes one-sided politics

A BBC R4 report ostensibly about a Palestinian music festival includes an unsupported allegation. ...

January 14, 2018

Hamas ‘Hardtalk’ interview rebuts BBC messaging, perpetuates inaccuracies – part one

Hamas' Mahmoud Zahar dispels some old BBC messaging....

January 7, 2018

BBC amends style-guide breach in R4 synopsis

A complaint from BBC Watch prompted amendment of terminology that breaches the BBC's own style guide...

December 28, 2017

Radio 4 programme synopsis breaches BBC’s own style guide

BBC Radio 4 listeners get politics with music. ...

February 8, 2015

Searchable version of the BBC’s News Style Guide

Readers may find this link to a searchable version of the BBC Academy’s News Style Guide inter...

June 28, 2013

New BBC style guide on terrorism

As previously mentioned, the BBC has a new style guide.  In the section entitled “Israel and...

June 27, 2013

New BBC style guide on ‘Israel and the Palestinians’

The BBC’s style editor Ian Jolly recently announced the publication of a new BBC News style gu...