Civilian casualties

May 23, 2021

The BBC, child fatalities and shortfall Palestinian rockets

Long-time readers will be only too familiar with the BBC’s well-established record of failing to a...

November 18, 2019

BBC abandons independent verification in reporting on Gaza casualties

The BBC has taken to describing all Gaza Strip casualties as “Palestinians”, regardless of wheth...

November 5, 2019

BBC’s UK reporting hindered by its own record on Gaza casualties

The BBC promotes a PPC's statement but fails to supply context....

September 2, 2019

BBC News promotes a claim it previously amended in February

A BBC News report on Hizballah's attack excludes relevant context....

May 7, 2019

BBC News recycles past inaccuracies and invents new ones

According to BBC News, 1,119 rocket attacks in twelve months are "sporadic strikes"....

March 3, 2019

BBC Radio 4 tells listeners that Gaza rioters were ‘innocent civilians’

The BBC elected to unquestioningly amplify a UNHRC report which dovetails with its own existing narr...

March 3, 2019

BBC News website unquestioningly amplifies UNHRC’s report

BBC audiences were denied information necessary to assess UNHRC claims....

February 10, 2019

BBC News website amends Second Lebanon War claim

Following a complaint from BBC Watch, amendments have been made to three reports. ...

November 28, 2018

BBC audiences materially misled by inaccurate claims from ‘Hardtalk’ host

Distorted statistics and inaccurate claims sell 'Hardtalk' audiences short....

March 28, 2017

BBC’s Bowen saw no human shields in Gaza – but reports them in Mosul

The BBC's Middle East editor promoted claims of 'war crimes' when civilians were killed in Gaza in 2...