(Jewish News) An Ofcom investigation into the BBC’s reporting of the Oxford Street Chanukah bus attack on a group of Jewish students has uncovered “significant editorial failings” following the broadcast.
The BBC’s reports of the November 2021 incident claimed that an audio recording made during the incident included anti-Muslim slurs — which it later changed to the singular “slur” — which came from inside the bus.
Shortly afterwards, it received evidence which disputed this interpretation of the audio.
But in a report published on Monday Ofcom concluded the BBC “failed to promptly acknowledge that the audio was disputed and did not update its online news article to reflect this for almost eight weeks.”
