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As we noted at the time:
“BBC editorial guidelines on ‘Material from Third Parties’ state: [emphasis added]
“3.3.13 Material supplied by third parties, including news providers, needs to be treated with appropriate caution, taking account of the reputation of the source.
We should normally only rely on an agency report if it can be substantiated by a BBC correspondent or if it is attributed to a reputable news agency.
We should only use other material supplied by third parties if it is credible and reliable.”
On August 1st the Justice Ministry released its final report.
“An in-depth Justice Ministry report published Monday largely rejected explosive allegations that the Israel Police had used spyware to illegally hack the phones of dozens of private citizens, finding that police acted largely in accordance with the law and did not use such spyware without legal oversight. […]
The 100-page Justice Ministry report released on Monday largely confirms the initial findings it published in February: that police did not hack the phones of most names included on the list published by Calcalist and that it did not act without judicial oversight.
“It was found that there was no indication that allegations that phones were tapped without a warrant were true,” the new report stated.”
To date the BBC has not produced any coverage of that final report and its original article promoting what are now known to be false allegations is still available online in its original form. As we already observed in February, some may call that promotion of fake news.
(full article online)
“BBC editorial guidelines on ‘Material from Third Parties’ state: [emphasis added]
“3.3.13 Material supplied by third parties, including news providers, needs to be treated with appropriate caution, taking account of the reputation of the source.
We should normally only rely on an agency report if it can be substantiated by a BBC correspondent or if it is attributed to a reputable news agency.
We should only use other material supplied by third parties if it is credible and reliable.”
On August 1st the Justice Ministry released its final report.
“An in-depth Justice Ministry report published Monday largely rejected explosive allegations that the Israel Police had used spyware to illegally hack the phones of dozens of private citizens, finding that police acted largely in accordance with the law and did not use such spyware without legal oversight. […]
The 100-page Justice Ministry report released on Monday largely confirms the initial findings it published in February: that police did not hack the phones of most names included on the list published by Calcalist and that it did not act without judicial oversight.
“It was found that there was no indication that allegations that phones were tapped without a warrant were true,” the new report stated.”
To date the BBC has not produced any coverage of that final report and its original article promoting what are now known to be false allegations is still available online in its original form. As we already observed in February, some may call that promotion of fake news.
(full article online)
BBC ignores report refuting allegations it promoted six months ago
Readers may recall that back in early February the BBC produced written and audio reports on the topic of the announcement of an investigation into allegations
camera-uk.org