Overview
- Director-General Tim Davie and BBC News chief Deborah Turness resigned after details of the internal report were published.
- The dossier, compiled by former BBC standards adviser Michael Prescott, alleges 215 Gaza-related items were biased, inaccurate or misleading.
- Reporting based on the leak says BBC Arabic has been forced to correct more than 100 Gaza-war stories per year since October 2023.
- The document also accuses Panorama of editing President Donald Trump’s January 6 speech in a way that suggested incitement of the Capitol riot.
- The leak highlights claims that BBC Arabic repeatedly hosted journalists with antisemitic statements, while the BBC says its Executive Complaints Unit operates independently and that BBC News Arabic strives for high standards.