BBC cannot simply ignore concerns of Anglo-Jewry

All organisations make mistakes. But what matters most is how they make amends. If a retailer messes up, for example, the way they rectify it — or not — can lead either to loyalty and gratitude or anger and hostility.

The BBC has certainly made more than its fair share of mistakes in its coverage of Israel and Jews. But what is most striking about those mistakes is the corporation’s repeated refusal to make any meaningful attempt to rectify its errors.

Occasionally, its complaints procedures will acknowledge something has gone wrong; even then, the response is usually grudging.

This is not a recent development. There have been well-merited complaints about the BBC’s slanted coverage of Israel for many years. But more recently, that has widened to its reporting of the Jewish community. Its coverage of the attack on a bus of Jewish children last Chanukah and response to complaints were grotesque.