BBC Verify

February 2, 2025

BBC Verify misinformation on location of Israeli town corrected

Last week we noted that a report by the BBC’s fact-checking and “anti-disinformation” departme...

January 29, 2025

More pointless ‘analysis’ from BBC Verify

On January 21st – two days after the release of the first three Israeli hostages under the ter...

January 27, 2025

BBC Verify promotes more of the ‘1974 ceasefire agreement violation’ narrative

On the evening of January 23rd the BBC’s expanding ‘anti-disinformation’ department BBC Verify...

January 13, 2025

BBC promotes The Lancet report on Gaza casualty figures

In July 2024 The Lancet published a speculative letter estimating that up to 186,000 deaths in the G...

December 18, 2024

HJS analysis of Gaza casualties highlights a decade of BBC failure

The Henry Jackson Society recently published a report by Andrew Fox titled ‘Questionable Counting:...

November 18, 2024

BBC report fails to substantiate the allegation made in its headline

On the afternoon of November 13th the BBC News website published an article credited to the BBC Jeru...

October 10, 2024

BBC Verify produces a third report on damage in Lebanon

On September 27th BBC Verify put out a report about “missile damage in Lebanon”: BBC VERIFY AVOI...

October 1, 2024

BBC Verify under informs and editorialises on Beirut strikes

On the morning of September 29th a report by BBC Verify on the topic of the elimination of Hassan Na...

September 29, 2024

BBC Verify avoids the ‘why’ in report on damage in Lebanon

When the BBC launched its “new brand” BBC Verify in May 2023, the CEO of BBC News Deborah Turnes...

August 25, 2024

BBC News continues to promote Hamas casualty claims

On August 15th the Gaza ministry of health – which is of course run by the terrorist organisation ...