Ofcom criticises BBC reporting of antisemitic attack on party bus

Ofcom said that in its reporting of the incident, the BBC showed a ‘significant failure to observe its editorial guidelines to report news with due accuracy and due impartiality’. Photograph: Ian West/PA

The BBC committed “significant editorial failings” in its TV and online reporting of an antisemitic attack on Jewish students travelling on a bus in London, according to an investigation by Ofcom.

The UK media regulator said that its investigation into the BBC’s coverage, which drew complaints from parties including the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the chief rabbi, found that the corporation failed to follow its own editorial guidelines to report news with “due accuracy and due impartiality”.