Suggestion that Jewish teenagers who were the target of a hate crime had used Islamophobic slurs was disputed as inaccurate
The BBC caused “significant distress” to the Jewish community when it reported that students targeted in an anti-Semitic incident had used anti-Muslim slurs, Ofcom has ruled.
The watchdog found the BBC guilty of “significant editorial failings”.
The group of Jewish young people was targeted as their bus travelled along Oxford Street in central London, with footage showing men on the pavement performing Nazi salutes, spitting and punching the windows.
In its coverage of the incident on December 2 last year, the BBC claimed that “racial slurs about Muslims” could be heard coming from inside the bus.