Complaints

July 13, 2025

BBC Complaints says ‘anyone can call themselves a lawyer’

Last week we documented the BBC Geneva correspondent’s repeated portrayal of the controversial Un...

June 29, 2025

BBC partly corrects misrepresentation of number of hostages

Last week we documented a BBC News website report which misrepresented the number of hostages still ...

June 23, 2025

Inaccuracy and omission in BBC report on Geneva talks

On the evening of June 20th the BBC News website published a report credited to freelancer Rachel Mu...

June 9, 2025

BBC corrects ‘500 trucks’ claim in two languages

Last month we noted the BBC’s repeated promotion – including by its fact checking department...

June 5, 2025

Omissions and errors in BBC News website report on Syria

Early on the morning of June 4th the BBC put out the following social media post: That post took mem...

May 14, 2025

Eight weeks on, the BBC corrects a basic historical error

In mid-March the BBC News website published a report by the BBC Jerusalem bureau’s Lucy Williamson...

April 1, 2025

BBC rejects complaint about Bowen’s misrepresentation of ICJ ruling

Back in early December 2024 we documented an item aired on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Today’ programme: �...

March 2, 2025

BBC corrects UNIFIL establishment date error

Previously we documented omission and inaccuracy in a February 15th BBC News website report about an...

February 4, 2025

BBC refuses to correct portrayal of Palestinian inmates as ‘hostages’

Last month we documented inaccurate portrayal of Palestinian prisoners as “hostages” in an item ...

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...