BBC Verify

February 8, 2024

BBC Verify tells a context-free tale of damage and destruction

On January 30th the BBC News website published a report by BBC Verify headlined “At least half of ...

January 14, 2024

BBC News sticks to the narrative after ‘journalists’ exposed

As documented here earlier, on January 7th the BBC News website chose to promote unevidenced allegat...

November 28, 2023

BBC responses to criticism of coverage of the Al Ahli explosion – part two

As noted here previously, on November 24th the Press Gazette reported the response of the BBC’s Ex...

November 20, 2023

BBC’s fact check department roots for Hamas casualty figures

On the morning of November 16th the BBC News website published a report headlined ‘How the dead ar...

November 5, 2023

Social media ‘influencers’ and Nazi analogy in BBC News reporting

The November 3rd edition of BBC domestic television’s 6 p.m. news included an item relating to an ...

October 30, 2023

Reviewing BBC Verify reporting on the Salah al Din road explosion

Previously we have discussed reporting by the BBC’s relatively new fact-checking brand BBC Verify ...

October 29, 2023

Reviewing BBC Verify reporting on the al Ahli hospital incident

Given that BBC coverage of the explosion at al Ahli hospital in the Gaza Strip on the evening of Oct...

October 26, 2023

Examining BBC Verify reports on the October 7 events in Israel

In May of this year the BBC announced the launch of a “new brand“ called ‘BBC Verify’: THE B...

October 16, 2023

BBC News website reporting on the Hamas attack on Sderot police station

One of the many locations attacked by Hamas terrorists early on the morning of Saturday, October 7th...

October 13, 2023

Reviewing BBC reporting on rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip

Early versions of the BBC News website’s first report on the attacks launched by Hamas on October ...