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BBC's Interview with Anonymous Source Wasn't so Anonymous, Used his Real Voice, UK Regulator Calls out Invasion of Privacy

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BBC's Interview with Anonymous Source Wasn't so Anonymous, Used his Real Voice, UK Regulator Calls out Invasion of Privacy

By: Sydney Smith

May 12, 2013 06:00 AM EST

The BBC promised to give a "gambling addict" anonymity if he would be interviewed by the network's Panorama program for a feature on "gambling addiction," but the BBC didn't do a good job of...

BBC Fires Sports Broadcaster who Admitted 'Indecent Assault on Young Girls'

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BBC Fires Sports Broadcaster who Admitted 'Indecent Assault on Young Girls'

By: Sydney Smith

May 09, 2013 10:35 AM EST

The BBC announced that it fired sports broadcaster Stuart Hall the same day that UK prosecutors confirmed he "pleaded guilty to 14 indecent assaults on young girls" between 1967 and 1986, the Associated Press...

BBC Identifies South African Man as 'Gay Marriage' in Caption, Says Sorry for 'Technical Mistake '

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BBC Identifies South African Man as 'Gay Marriage' in Caption, Says Sorry for 'Technical Mistake '

By: Sydney Smith

April 03, 2013 06:00 AM EST

The BBC wrongly identified a South African man named Rufus Lekala as "Gay Marriage" in an on-air segment, the Guardian reported. Lekala is...

Anti-Semitic Tweets Posted on BBC Twitter by Syrian Electronic Army

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Anti-Semitic Tweets Posted on BBC Twitter by Syrian Electronic Army

By: Sydney Smith

March 26, 2013 06:00 AM EST

Fake "political, anti-Semitic and comical" tweets were posted by hackers on "several BBC Twitter accounts' last week, the Associated Press reported. Hacking group the Syrian Electronic Army claimed...

BBC Radio Wrongly Reports Newspaper Closing, Newspaper Calls Story 'Bizarre & Hugely Inaccurate'

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BBC Radio Wrongly Reports Newspaper Closing, Newspaper Calls Story 'Bizarre & Hugely Inaccurate'

By: Sydney Smith

November 26, 2012 08:00 PM EST

BBC Writer Apologizes for Tweeting Syria Photo Wrongly Labeled as Gaza

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BBC Writer Apologizes for Tweeting Syria Photo Wrongly Labeled as Gaza

By: Sydney Smith

November 24, 2012 05:00 AM EST

BBC "Gaza and West Bank Correspondent" Jon Donnison apologized after re-tweeting a photo that wrongly said it showed "children injured" in Gaza when the photo was really from Syria. Donnison's...

BBC Apologizes for 'Inappropriate' On-Air Gaza Question to Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

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BBC Apologizes for 'Inappropriate' On-Air Gaza Question to Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

By: Sydney Smith

November 18, 2012 06:00 AM EST

Updated: Lord McAlpine & BBC Settle over Child Sex Abuse Report

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Updated: Lord McAlpine & BBC Settle over Child Sex Abuse Report

By: Sydney Smith

November 15, 2012 06:20 PM EST

As iMediaEthics wrote this past weekend, BBC director general George Entwistle resigned Nov. 10 after a high-profile apology for inaccurately suggesting Lord McAlpine had sexually abused a man...

BBC's George Entwistle Resigns after Apology for 'Fundamentally wrong' Story

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BBC's George Entwistle Resigns after Apology for 'Fundamentally wrong' Story

By: Sydney Smith

November 13, 2012 11:40 PM EST

BBC director-general George Entwistle resigned Nov. 10, "after just 54 days in the job" the day after the British public broadcaster apologized for a child sex abuse report aired on its Newsnight program. In...

BBC Twitter Headline Prompts Complaint about Accuracy, BBC Trust Rules 'Not Sufficiently Precise'

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BBC Twitter Headline Prompts Complaint about Accuracy, BBC Trust Rules 'Not Sufficiently Precise'

By: Sydney Smith

November 12, 2012 09:00 PM EST

BBC Reviewing for 'Impartiality' in Covering 'Religion, Immigration & Europe'

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BBC Reviewing for 'Impartiality' in Covering 'Religion, Immigration & Europe'

By: Sydney Smith

October 12, 2012 05:00 AM EST

The BBC Trust has asked "former ITV chief executive" Stuart Prebble to review the broadcaster's "coverage of religion, immigration and Europe," according to The Guardian. The Guardian noted that...

BBC Trust: Jeremy Clarkson's Comments Compariing Prius Hybrids & People with Growths on their Faces Deemed ' Offensive'

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BBC Trust: Jeremy Clarkson's Comments Compariing Prius Hybrids & People with Growths on their Faces Deemed ' Offensive'

By: Sydney Smith

October 09, 2012 10:45 PM EST

BBC Apologizes after Accidentally Airing F-Word from 'Not-for-Broadcast Audio'

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BBC Apologizes after Accidentally Airing F-Word from 'Not-for-Broadcast Audio'

By: Sydney Smith

October 03, 2012 07:15 PM EST

BBC hosts Susanna Reid and Charlie Stayt apologized after what a BBC spokesperson described as a "not-for-broadcast audio containing an audible swearword" unintentionally aired, the Guardian...

BBC Apologizes for 'Breach of Confidence' in Reporting Queen Elizabeth's Comments

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BBC Apologizes for 'Breach of Confidence' in Reporting Queen Elizabeth's Comments

By: Sydney Smith

September 26, 2012 05:00 AM EST

The BBC apologized Sept. 25 for a "breach of confidence" in reporting on "a private conversation" with Queen Elizabeth. According to the BBC, its "security correspondent Frank Gardner" discussed...

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BBC: Sorry for Bad Weather Forecast

By: Sydney Smith

August 24, 2012 04:30 AM EST

The BBC's weatherman, Phillip Avery, apologized August 19 for predicting a "dry and hot day" when it ended up being a stormy one, the NY Daily News reported. Avery apologized to "anyone who has had...

BBC Apologizes for saying Olympic Athlete's Family Members Died

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BBC Apologizes for saying Olympic Athlete's Family Members Died

By: Sydney Smith

August 13, 2012 12:00 PM EST

The BBC apologized on air for wrongly saying an Olympics boxer's mother and sister died, Yahoo Sports reported. The apology said: "We just want to tell you that we gave you erroneous information about Luke...

BBC Trust: Host was Offensive with 'Religious Hogwash' Comments

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BBC Trust: Host was Offensive with 'Religious Hogwash' Comments

By: Sydney Smith

August 02, 2012 07:00 PM EST

BBC Journalists Asked to Brainstorm Ways to Make Money?

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BBC Journalists Asked to Brainstorm Ways to Make Money?

By: Sydney Smith

July 06, 2012 05:00 AM EST

BBC World News Ltd. Director Peter Horrocks asked staff to "consider ... how they can help" the BBC make money, Editors Weblog reported. Horrocks' e-mail to "the 2,400 staff working in the BBC's...

BBC Trust 'Surprised' No Apology on Same Day as Inappropriate Costa Concordia Comments

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BBC Trust 'Surprised' No Apology on Same Day as Inappropriate Costa Concordia Comments

By: Sydney Smith

July 03, 2012 04:50 PM EST

The BBC Trust issued a mixed ruling on complaints against a BBC Radio 2 program's January coverage of the Costa Concordia, the cruise ship that "wrecked" near Italy, killed 32 on...

BBC Defends Euro2012 Documentary Criticized for Bias, Sensationalism

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BBC Defends Euro2012 Documentary Criticized for Bias, Sensationalism

By: Sydney Smith

June 14, 2012 05:00 AM EST

Ukraine's UK ambassador Volodymyr Khandogiy called a BBC program on Ukraine "biased and unfair," the Guardian reported. The program, Panorama,...

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