by Sydney Smith on Aug 24, 2012
BBC: Sorry for Bad Weather Forecast
The BBC's weatherman, Phillip Avery, apologized August 19 for predicting a "dry and hot day" when it ended up being...
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by Sydney Smith on Aug 13, 2012
BBC Apologizes for saying Olympic Athlete’s Family Members Died
The BBC apologized on air for wrongly saying an Olympics boxer's mother and sister died, Yahoo Sports reported. The apology...
by Sydney Smith on Aug 02, 2012
BBC Trust: Host was Offensive with ‘Religious Hogwash’ Comments
The BBC Trust decided that its host Jeremy Paxman was offensive, but not biased, in comments in a Sept. 2011...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 16, 2012
NewsDiffs to Record Changes to Stories on NYT, CNN, Politico, BBC
A new website will record changes to The New York Times, CNN, BBC and POLITICO's websites, The Times' public editor...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 06, 2012
BBC Journalists Asked to Brainstorm Ways to Make Money?
BBC World News Ltd. Director Peter Horrocks asked staff to "consider ... how they can help" the BBC make money,...
by Sydney Smith on Jul 03, 2012
BBC Trust ‘Surprised’ No Apology on Same Day as Inappropriate Costa Concordia Comments
The BBC Trust issued a mixed ruling on complaints against a BBC Radio 2 program's January coverage of the Costa...
by Sydney Smith on Jun 14, 2012
BBC Defends Euro2012 Documentary Criticized for Bias, Sensationalism
Ukraine's UK ambassador Volodymyr Khandogiy called a BBC program on Ukraine "biased and unfair," the Guardian reported. The program, Panorama, aired...
by Sydney Smith on May 31, 2012
BBC Apologizes for 2003 Iraq Photo with Syrian Massacre Coverage
The BBC apologized for running the wrong photo with a report on "more than 100 people being massacred in the...
by Sydney Smith on May 17, 2012
3 UK News Outlets Won’t Have to Give Police Footage
The BBC, Sky News and ITN News won't have to give the police unaired footage of a 2011 eviction, Journalism.co.uk...
by Sydney Smith on May 05, 2012
UK Police Want BBC Footage on Mark Duggan Death, but BBC Says it Won’t Give ‘Untransmitted Footage’ without Court Order
The BBC "withheld crucial Mark Duggan shooting footage," the UK Press Gazette reported. According to a Guardian report at the...