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Tim Davie denies BBC Gaza bias and says he is ‘very proud’ of its record

The outgoing director general said the corporation has learnt lessons after ‘unacceptable and upsetting’ Glastonbury broadcast with ‘some heavy heart’

By Jane Prinsley

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March 12, 2026 12:52

Tim Davie on The Rest is Entertainment podcast (YouTube/TheRestIsEntertainment)

Owen Jones article alleging bias by BBC editor was ‘defamatory’ but stated ‘opinion’, judge rules

The article in question claimed Raffi Berg ‘plays a key role in a wider BBC culture of “systematic Israeli propaganda”’

By Jess Glass

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March 12, 2026 12:47

Owen Jones addresses a rally in Whitehall, London, on April 29, 2025 (Alamy)

Owen Jones attacked ‘journalistic integrity’ of Jewish BBC News editor, libel trial hears

A barrister representing Raffi Berg argued that an article by Jones conveyed the impression that his client was a ‘bent journalist’ and an ‘Israeli stooge’

By Callum Parke

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March 6, 2026 14:19

Journalist Owen Jones during a recording of Zack Polanski's Bold Politics podcast on the second day of the Green Party Conference at Bournemouth International Centre on October 04, 2025 (Getty Images)

BBC Arabic ‘double standards’ in using different ages to define Jewish and Palestinian children

Corporation corrects claim that 21 Palestinian male prisoners were minors – despite most being over 18

By Jane Prinsley

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February 25, 2026 10:36

The BBC has been accused of double standards after it initially claimed any Arab under the age of 20 was a child, whereas a response to another complaint suggested that Jews could only be referred to as such when they were babies (Photo: BBC)

BBC rejects complaint over ‘Moneybags Rothschild’ remark on Gardeners’ Question Time

Corporation says Bunny Guinness’s reference to Jewish family was ‘not in any way antisemitic’

By Jane Prinsley

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February 20, 2026 13:09

BBC Radio 4's Gardeners' Question Time panellist Bunny Guinness has been criticised for making the 'Moneybags Rothschild' comment in one episode of the programme (Photo: YouTube)

By Stephen Daisley

From woke to broke: The Washington Post’s crisis should alarm the BBC and others

The former press giant’s fall illustrates how ‘journactivism’, most visibly on Israel, corrodes credibility and weakens the media’s democratic role

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February 13, 2026 17:10

Reporter Marissa Lang, who was laid off from the Washington Post, speaks as Washington Post employees, along with supporters from the Washington-Baltimore News Guild, rally outside the Washington Post office building in Washington, DC, on Feburary 5, 2026. The Washington Post, owned by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced major job cuts on February 4, saying that "painful" restructuring was needed at the storied newspaper. The Post, which gained legendary status when its reporting helped bring down president Richard Nixon in the Watergate scandal, will see "substantial" reductions in its newsroom, Executive Editor Matt Murray said. (Photo by Oliver Contreras / AFP via Getty Images)

By Evie Robinson

Holocaust Memorial Day and the erasure of Jewish victims

The concept of ‘never again” is losing its specificity, as the Shoah is increasingly universalised and the vicious antisemitism that fuelled it diminished

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February 3, 2026 13:07

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, Germany. (Image: Getty)

By Karen Pollock

The dangerous erasure of Jews from the Holocaust

Every time that the memory of the Shoah is distorted, it is an insult to victims and survivors, and makes it ever harder to combat rising antisemitism

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January 30, 2026 15:35

Monument to the Warsaw Ghetto heroes (Image: Getty)

By Russell Langer

When Holocaust Memorial Day fails the Jews

Some events are being hijacked by Gaza polemics, protests and distortions. As we lose the last generation of survivors, we betray their legacy when we allow commemorations to become part of the problem and not the solution

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January 28, 2026 15:49

Protestors outside a Holocaust commemoration in Sheffield. (Image: X)

Outrage after BBC hands platform to far-right Tucker Carlson, who launches attack on Israel

‘When I saw myself on TV, I realised there are no limits to what you can achieve’

The Jewish Pilgrim’s Progress

Trump labels BBC coverage of Iran War ‘corrupt and fraudulent’

BBC bias has been glaring under Tim Davie – it must rediscover accountability

The ‘moderate’ who ran death squads: how BBC and Sky sanitise the Iranian regime

BBC’s John Simpson criticised for calling Iran regime supremo ‘clever and reasonable’

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