Emma Pengelly

May 25, 2025

BBC Verify’s agenda-driven return to the European hospital story

Previously we discussed BBC news website coverage of strikes carried out on May 13th around the Eu...

April 21, 2025

Airbrushing terrorists from the BBC’s ‘permanent public record’

As readers may know, the BBC’s editorial guidelines state that “[t]he archive of the BBCR...

April 11, 2025

Another example of the BBC’s failure to vet ‘trusted local journalists’

Previously we discussed a BBC News website March 23rd report about a strike on a senior Hamas offici...

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...

March 19, 2024

An overview of BBC News’ second Nasser hospital binge

As readers may recall, between February 14th and February 20th, the BBC News website published no fe...