CAMERA BLOG
CAMERA’S complaints of BBC bias vindicated by bombshell dossier
November 5, 2025

A leaked BBC dossier acknowledges serious editorial failures in BBC Arabic coverage, confirming and overlapping with years of research by the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting & Analysis (CAMERA). The 19-page internal memo by Michael Prescott, a former adviser to the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines and Standards Committee, accuses BBC Arabic of systemic anti-Israel bias, platforming extremist voices, and amplifying Hamas propaganda. The memo was reported by The Telegraph yesterday. Prescott’s findings mirror and expand upon documentation first publicly exposed by CAMERA UK and CAMERA Arabic researchers throughout the two years that followed October 7, 2023. READ MORE

JEWISH CHRONICLE Revealed: BBC’s complaints unit rejected every appeal by watchdog over Gaza stories The BBC’s internal complaints unit rejected every appeal against the BBC Arabic service submitted by an independent media watchdog during the course of the Gaza war, the JC can reveal. The revelation has prompted accusations that the corporation has a “culture of denial” in dealing with alleged bias against Israel in its coverage, and calls for a reform of the complaints system. US-based pro-Israel media watchdog, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA), has submitted more than 100 complaints about BBC Arabic’s coverage in the past two years.

JEWISH NEWS BBC’s 10 most shocking anti-Israel scandals exposed in damning dossier A memo sent to the BBC’s board sets out, in painstaking detail, the deep-seated problems within its reporting – including on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

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