Ofcom

May 29, 2024

BBC unable to reply to a complaint about items it already amended

Late last month we noted that a clarification provided by the former head of the International Court...

January 26, 2024

Mid-term review of the BBC highlights impartiality and complaints

When the BBC’s Royal Charter was last renewed in 2016, the terms included the possibility of a mid...

October 15, 2023

Does the BBC really want to be known as ‘objective’ about the mass slaughter of Israelis?

The BBC’s coverage of the thousands of atrocities against Israeli civilians carried out by Hamas o...

May 7, 2023

Jerusalem Post corrects report about the BBC

On April 23rd the Jerusalem Post published a report titled ‘Israeli MK bashes BBC coverage of sett...

November 7, 2022

OFCOM publishes findings on BBC Oxford Street incident reporting

In late January we noted that OFCOM had  announced that it would conduct an investigation follow...

June 29, 2022

Ofcom carves out Palestinian exception to rule against media incitement

As reported in the Jewish Chronicle, Britain’s broadcasting watchdog Ofcom – whose regulator...

June 26, 2022

OFCOM report criticises BBC impartiality and complaints handling

Readers may recall that last year OFCOM conducted a public consultation on the topic of its regulati...

January 9, 2022

BBC promotes BBC statements in report on complaints about BBC content

A report which appeared on the BBC News website’s ‘UK’ page late on the evening of January 8th...

September 6, 2021

OFCOM public consultation reminder

In July we noted that OFCOM had launched a public consultation concerning its regulation of the BBC ...

July 25, 2021

Have your say: OFCOM consulting on its regulation of the BBC

OFCOM has launched a public consultation concerning its own regulation of the BBC which began in 201...