BBC Verify

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 ...

July 30, 2024

Avoiding the issues: the story of a complaint to the BBC

In October 2023 the BBC News website published several items of content produced by the BBC Verify t...

July 28, 2024

More promotion of the BBC’s selective narrative on Hizballah

Note: this post was written before the Hizballah rocket attack which killed twelve children in Majda...

July 19, 2024

NJA Q&A with the BBC News Director of News Content

On July 17th the National Jewish Assembly (NJA) hosted a special Zoom Q&A event featuring Richar...

July 17, 2024

BBC reports on strike on Hamas leaders ignore the issue of human shields

Visitors to the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ page on the morning of July 15th found the fo...

June 24, 2024

The knock-on effects of BBC accuracy failures

We have observed in the past that BBC content which fails to adhere to editorial guidelines on accur...

June 10, 2024

Omission and inaccuracy in BBC reporting on hostage rescue

On the afternoon of June 8th, not long after news had broken of the rescue of four Israeli hostages ...