Language when Reporting Terrorism

September 25, 2020

BBC News economical with details in Burgas bombing convictions report

On September 21st the BBC News website published a report headlined “Bulgaria court convicts two o...

September 9, 2020

What has changed in 50 years of BBC reporting on a PFLP hijacking?

Three years ago we looked at a BBC report dating from September 6th 1970 on the Dawson’s Field h...

August 28, 2020

BBC report on fatal stabbing attack sticks to editorial policy on terrorism

Shortly before 9 p.m. on the evening of August 26th the BBC News website published a report concerni...

February 9, 2020

BBC News portrayal of Palestinian violence sticks to the narrative

A BBC report about a spate of terror attacks as usual avoids the word terror. ...

December 2, 2019

BBC again ignores its own editorial guidelines in London terror reports

The perpetrator of a stabbing attack on the BBC's home turf is described in language never seen in r...

November 15, 2019

BBC News website adheres zealously to editorial guidelines

The BBC's double standards on terrorism were on show again....

October 16, 2019

BBC portrayal of attacks on synagogues differs according to location

The BBC had no problem describing a shooting attack at a synagogue as terrorism when it happened in ...

August 25, 2019

BBC News ‘contextualises’ terror attack with ‘settlements’ and ‘international law’

The BBC continues to compromise its own impartiality....

August 11, 2019

BBC reporting on Gush Etzion terror attack

The BBC once again refrains from describing a terror attack as such in its own words....

July 31, 2019

The BBC and definition of terrorism

Claim made by the BBC News editorial director is inaccurate....