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BBC News website corrects Jerusalem “secular majority” claim
We previously noted here that two recent BBC reports – one written and one filmed – incorrectly informed BBC audiences that the city of Jerusalem has a “secular majority”. Following communication from...
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BBC News website corrects inaccurate administrative detention claim
As was noted in this previous post, a recent BBC News website article inaccurately informed audiences that: “Israel has used administrative detention against Palestinians but not against Jewish...
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BBC amendments to Tisha B’Av Temple Mount rioting report
h/t: S Readers may recall that a BBC News website article from July 26th about rioting on Temple Mount failed to inform readers that the events occurred on the fast of Tisha B’Av which took place on...
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BBC News gets Israel’s capital city right – and then ‘corrects’
The saga of the BBC’s persistent refusal to tell its audiences that the capital city of Israel is Jerusalem is of course already long. Its most recent chapter began with a television report broadcast...
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Another BBC News correction misses its point
One of the suggestions made in BBC Watch’s submission to the DCMS BBC Charter Review consultation is for the BBC News website to set up a dedicated corrections page where visitors would be able to find...
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The BBC and the 1947 Partition Plan
Back in December 2013 we noted on these pages that an online BBC backgrounder on the topic of the 1947 Partition Plan (UNGA Resolution 181) had inaccurately informed all those reading it since its...
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Inaccurate synopsis to BBC report amended
As was documented here a few days ago, the synopsis to a filmed report which appeared on the BBC News website’s Middle East page on April 15th inaccurately described its subject matter as follows: “The...
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Minor amendment to BBC report on gay pride murder sentencing
As was noted here on June 26th, a BBC News report from that day concerning the sentencing of Yishai Schlissel, who was previously convicted of the murder of one person and the attempted murders of six...
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BBC Watch complaint on ‘banned’ book upheld
As readers may recall, since late last year various BBC radio programmes have misled their audiences by promoting assorted versions of the inaccurate claim that Dorit Rabinyan’s book ‘Gader Haya’...
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BBC Earth corrects ‘border of Palestine’ inaccuracy
As was noted here a few days ago, on August 10th BBC audiences were inaccurately told that the Dead Sea lies on the border of a country called Palestine. Following communication from BBC Watch, the...
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Correction secured to BBC Persian article about Elie Wiesel
At the beginning of July we noted here that a BBC Persian article concerning the death of Elie Wiesel included an inaccurate claim. “The final paragraph of that article tells readers that in 2014,...
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BBC Radio 4 programme edited following BBC Watch complaint
Back in July the BBC’s Editorial Complaints Unit upheld a complaint submitted by BBC Watch which had previously been twice rejected by the corporation’s complaints department. The complaint concerned...
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BBC News amends misleading portrayal of Israeli construction
Earlier this week we noted that a report titled “US approves record $38bn Israel military aid deal” which was published on the BBC News website’s US & Canada and Middle East pages on September 13th...
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BBC News continues to tout inaccurate portrayal of the ‘Mavi Marmara’
On several occasions in the past the BBC has misrepresented the ‘Mavi Marmara’ – a passenger ship in the 2010 flotilla – as an “aid ship”. For example in March 2013 BBC audiences were told: [all...
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BBC corrects ‘angel of peace’ claim after two complaints
Last month we noted that a BBC News website article promoted inaccurate information which the BBC itself had already clarified twenty months earlier. “The consequence of that failure to clarify...
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BBC Watch secures another correction to a BBC Arabic article
Back in March we noted that a report on the BBC Arabic website included an inaccurate description of nine victims of a Hamas terror attack that took place nearly fifteen years ago. “In paragraph 15 of...
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BBC News website amends claim of Israeli strike in Syria
Earlier this month we noted that an article titled “Syria war: ‘Israeli strike’ hits military site near Damascus airport” that appeared on the BBC News website on April 27th included an insert titled...
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Following complaint, BBC corrects inaccuracy in Trump-Abbas meeting report
Earlier this month we noted that a BBC News website report concerning the Palestinian president’s visit to the White House informed readers that: “On Wednesday, the US president stressed there would be...
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Accuracy trumped by politics in BBC report on Israeli PM’s Paris visit
On July 16th an article titled “Netanyahu in Paris to commemorate Vel d’Hiv deportation of Jews” appeared on the BBC News website’s Europe and Middle East pages. However, the version of that report...
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BBC Watch prompts edit of BBC WS inaccurate location of Israel’s capital
Last week we noted that the synopsis to a BBC World Service radio report on the recent Radiohead concert in Tel Aviv inaccurately described that city as “the Israeli capital”. After BBC Watch alerted...
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