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BBC should have amended anti-Semitism story, complaints unit rules
Source: BBC
BBC should have amended anti-Semitism story, complaints unit rules
26 January 2022
The BBC should have updated an article about an alleged anti-Semitic incident in London in November, its complaints unit has ruled.
The BBC should have recognised there was "genuine doubt" about its report an anti-Muslim slur was heard, it said.
It partially upheld complaints about the accuracy and impartiality of coverage of abuse directed towards a group of Jewish teenagers on a minibus.
However, it did not agree that the article amounted to victim-blaming.
The use of "alleged" to describe the abuse was also described as necessary for legal reasons.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-60083325