And since then the BBC has not consistently peacewashed! If anything is "carefully curating" their arguments it's you! I've presented five, now six links that clearly show that the BBC is talking about the violence and rioting and property damage, and you're here claiming that they're consistently trying to mask all of that and present everything as hunky-dory, based on that one post that you made.
Utter Bollocks. I was talking about what they were saying
WHEN THE ◊◊◊◊◊◊◊ VIOLENCE WAS ONGOING. I don't give a flying ◊◊◊◊ what they were saying once they had been called out for lying!!
In this century, the BBC have had a history of deception when it comes to politically charged events. They often use qualifier terms, like
"we understand", "its suggestive of", "it appears that", "it could be", "reportedly" &
"can be reasonably inferred", and when they do that, you can be sure of two things...
1. They don't have the evidence to support the claim they are making, and
2. They are hedging their bets or covering their arses to make sure they have a fallback position should anyone decide to sue them for slander and/or libel.
Whenever you see terms like this in ANY media, mainstream or not, be very suspicious of whatever they are saying, and take with a grain of salt any claims they make.
Some of the other times the BBC were caught making false reports and creating fake stories.
2003 - The Hutton Inquiry & Iraq Weapons Claims:
Journalist Andrew Gilligan reported on The Today Programme that the British government had
"sexed up" a dossier regarding Iraq's WMDs, claiming officials knew Iraq could deploy WMDs within 45 minutes despite knowing it was false. Following the tragic suicide of the report's primary source, weapons expert David Kelly, the government launched the Hutton Inquiry which concluded that Gilligan’s central allegations were unfounded and uncorroborated, forcing the resignations of BBC Chairman Gavyn Davies and Director-General Greg Dyke.
2007 - The "Queen Elizabeth" Misleading Edit:
The BBC was forced to issue a formal apology to Queen Elizabeth II after a promotional trailer for a documentary called
"A Year with the Queen" was deceptively edited. The trailer spliced footage to make it appear that the Queen had stormed out of a portrait session with celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz in a huff. In reality, the clip showing her walking down a corridor occurred before the photoshoot had even begun.
2010 - Ethiopia Famine Reporting:
The BBC World Service broadcast a claim that 95% of 1980s Band-Aid famine relief donations were diverted to buy weapons. They retracted the report and apologized seven months later after failing to verify the claim.
2012 - Fabricating the "Stadiums of Hate" controversy:
A Panorama episode titled alleged widespread, virulent anti-Semitism and racism among Polish and Ukrainian fans. Prominent Jewish sources used in the film, including the director of the Jewish Community Centre of Krakow, publicly condemned the BBC for manipulating and inventing a
"false horror story". It was later revealed that interviews with Israeli players who denied experiencing anti-Semitism were intentionally cut because they didn't fit the program's narrative.
Lies by deliberate omission.
2012 - False Allegations against Lord McAlpine:
Newsnight aired an investigative piece alleging that a senior, unnamed Conservative politician from the Thatcher era had sexually abused children at a care home in Wales. While the broadcast did not name the politician, social media immediately identified him as Lord McAlpine. The primary witness used by the BBC later admitted he had mistakenly identified McAlpine from a photograph. The BBC had failed to show a picture of McAlpine to the witness before broadcasting the allegation. The scandal led to the resignation of Director-General George Entwistle after just 54 days in office.
2023 False reporting on the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital explosion:
In the immediate aftermath of the blast, BBC correspondent Jon Donnison provided live on-air analysis. When asked about who was responsible, he told viewers:"It's hard to see what else this could be really, given the size of the explosion, other than an Israeli air strike or several air strikes." Subsequent daylight imagery, intelligence assessments from Western nations, and independent weapons experts revealed the blast hit the hospital's car park. The small crater size and lack of structural damage to nearby buildings pointed heavily toward a misfired rocket launched from within Gaza by Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) rather than an Israeli airstrike.
2023 - and "There's been another ◊◊◊◊ up":
A BBC News anchor misquoted a Reuters report regarding an Israeli military operation at Al-Shifa Hospital. The anchor stated that Israeli forces were "targeting people including medical teams as well as Arab speakers. In fact, the Reuters dispatch actually stated the exact opposite... that the Israeli military convoy included medical staff and Arabic speakers to assist patients.
2025 - Biased Gaza reporting:
An investigation revealed that the BBC failed to disclose that the father of a teenage narrator held an official position within the Hamas administration, compromising the transparency and impartiality of the report. Another example of a
"lie by omission".
2026 - Donald Trump Speech Deceptive Edit:
Panorama spliced together two separate statements from his January 6, 2021 speech—taken nearly an hour apart—creating the misleading impression that he was directly inciting violence at the Capitol.
(not that he wasn't trying to incite violence, he definitely was... but news and current affairs reporting should be rising above that kind of cheap subterfuge).
The job of the News Media is to report the news... it is NOT their job to make or create the news, or to put their own political spin on news items. They must report the news and allow the listening public to make their own decisions about what it means, i.e. report the news and then shut the ◊◊◊◊ up - and keep their political opinions to themselves.
The BBC at one time, did exactly that - it was the world's gold standard for unbiased, politically neutral, even handed reporting. Its the news service I used to listen to as I was growing up... the BBC World Service both on Short Wave radio in the 19m, 25m and 31m bands, and later on terrestrial TV.
Sadly, this is no longer the case - is current nickname - the British Biased Corporation is well earned.
