Majdal Shams

November 7, 2025

The BBC’s ‘that was what we knew at the time’ excuse

Last month we documented our receipt of a fourteen-month late response to a complaint submitted to t...

October 17, 2025

Belated BBC response fails to address complaint issues

At the beginning of August 2024, CAMERA UK complained to the BBC about four items that were part of ...

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...

January 27, 2025

BBC Verify promotes more of the ‘1974 ceasefire agreement violation’ narrative

On the evening of January 23rd the BBC’s expanding ‘anti-disinformation’ department BBC Verify...

November 18, 2024

BBC report fails to substantiate the allegation made in its headline

On the afternoon of November 13th the BBC News website published an article credited to the BBC Jeru...

August 27, 2024

BBC News website framing of August 25 Hizballah attacks – part one

Early on the morning of August 25th the Israeli air force carried out a series of strikes on Hizball...

August 15, 2024

BBC News website coverage of strike on Hizballah commander

Previously we discussed the BBC News website’s coverage of the July 27th Hizballah rocket attack o...

August 4, 2024

Reviewing BBC coverage of the Hizballah attack on Majdal Shams – part two

Previously we have discussed the BBC News website’s initial and next day coverage of the July 27th...

August 2, 2024

Weekend long read

1) At WINEP, Matthew Levitt analyses ‘The Death of a Hezbollah Lifer’. “Born in 1961 or 1962, ...

August 2, 2024

Reviewing BBC coverage of the Hizballah attack on Majdal Shams – part one

Previously we looked at the BBC News website’s initial coverage of the July 27th Hizballah attack ...