Is a viral post about the retirement of a Denver kindergarten teacher named Clara Holt illustrated with a photo of someone named Clara Holt? No, that's not true: The photo is copied from a BBC report about the reunion of students of Shirl
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Full Fact→ BBC’s Have I Got News for You error shows why fact checking matters
Over the weekend, an episode of Have I Got News for You was temporarily removed from BBC iPlayer after presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell made a factual error...
Full Fact→ 900,000 people didn’t cancel BBC licence fees last year
The latest figures from the BBC show the number of households paying the licence fee actually fell by around 300,000 in the last year.
Full Fact→ BBC corrects Today programme net migration claim following Full Fact intervention
The BBC has corrected a claim about projected net migration made on Radio 4's Today programme following a request by Full Fact.
Full Fact→ Full Fact’s BBC Radio 4 appeal is under way
Full Fact→ Fake BBC report claims Ukraine’s first lady tried to escape abroad
This is an example of ‘imposter content’—fake content that appears to be from credible organisations.
Full Fact→ Fake BBC report claims Ukraine’s first lady tried to escape abroad
This is an example of ‘imposter content’—fake content that appears to be from credible organisations.
Full Fact→ BBC radio bulletins massively overstate Britain’s cocaine consumption
News bulletins on Radio 2 and 6 Music claimed Britain consumes “117 million tonnes” each year—which is roughly a million times what National Crime Agency estimates suggest.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: BBC Did NOT Produce, Broadcast A Report About Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska Attempting To ‘Escape’
Did the BBC report that Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska tried to escape to Europe and was put under the guard of the national Security Service when the attempt failed? No, that's not true: In a statement to Lead Stories, a BBC spokesp
Full Fact→ BBC podcast corrects claim that tax fraud is ‘30 times larger’ than benefit fraud
The BBC has removed an inaccurate claim made on its Strong Message Here podcast after Full Fact got in touch.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: BBC Did NOT Publish Article About King Charles III Being ‘In Critical Condition’ On March 18, 2025
Did the BBC publish an article about King Charles III being in "critical condition" on March 18, 2025? No, that's not true: Neither live nor archived versions of the BBC website contained that report. Buckingham Palace did not make the pu
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Audio of BBC reporter making snide comment about the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting is fake
Audio shows a BBC reporter making a vulgar comment about an Oval Office meeting between President Donald Trump and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Full Fact→ Video appearing to show BBC reporter caught on hot mic after Zelenskyy-Trump meeting has been edited
The clip appears to show the BBC’s Ukraine correspondent joking about the meeting while his mic was still switched on—but the audio has been faked.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: INAUTHENTIC Audio Suggests BBC Reporter Joked On Open Mic That Trump F***ed Zelenskyy In Oval Office Meeting
Did a video clip shared to X authentically show a BBC reporter joking the February 28, 2025 Oval Office meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump was " ... the second time that a U.S. president f**
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: BBC Did NOT Report ‘Elon Musk Is Wasting Everyone’s Time and Money’ — Screenshot is Fake
Did BBC News report that "Elon Musk is wasting everyone's time and money, and serves no real purpose"? No, that's not true: A search of the BBC News website on February 27, 2025, yielded no such report or headline. The broadcaster also di
Full Fact→ The BBC did not receive 8% of its ‘total funding’ from USAID
It was the international charity BBC Media Action, not the BBC as a whole, which got 8% of its funding from the United States Agency for International Development in 2023/24.
Full Fact→ No, a BBC article didn’t claim that Angela Rayner is replacing Rachel Reeves as chancellor
The BBC says no such article was produced by the corporation.
Full Fact→ Fake BBC article falsely claims Rachel Reeves has pledged to share ‘income from taxes’
An article about the Chancellor promoting an online investment scheme which has been mocked-up to appear as if it was published by BBC News is circulating on Facebook.
Full Fact→ No, hurricane force winds aren’t forecast across the UK—it’s a BBC weather app glitch
The BBC weather app is suffering from a “technical glitch” and is wrongly predicting hurricane strength winds.
Full Fact→ Fake ‘BBC article’ falsely claims to show Keir Starmer discussing investment scheme
The article never appeared on the real BBC News website and the accompanying image of Mr Starmer with a black eye is fake.
Full Fact→ Fake BBC report claims Ukrainian businessmen donated to Trump campaign
A video is being shared online which purports to be a BBC News and Bellingcat investigation, but they made no such report.
PolitiFact→ Social Media – Did BBC News publish a graphic saying Joe Biden was ‘inaudible’? No, that’s altered
BBC News published a graphic quoting President Joe Biden saying, “Let me say this as clearly and simply as I can: [inaudible].”
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: NO Evidence BBC News Made Meme Of ‘Inaudible’ Joe Biden Quote
Did BBC News make a meme from an "inaudible" quote by Joe Biden? No, that's not true: There is no evidence to support the claim that BBC News created such a meme. It appears to be a mashup that riffs on White House transcripts, which inse
Full Fact→ Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer BBC debate: fact checked
The last head-to-head of the election campaign sees Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer take part in a BBC Prime Ministerial debate.
Full Fact→ BBC Question Time Leaders’ Special: fact checked
Four political party leaders will each face 30 minutes of questions this evening during BBC Question Time Leaders’ Special.
Full Fact→ Child poverty, NHS waiting lists and government spending: BBC Scottish leaders’ debate fact checked
The leaders of five parties in Scotland faced audience questions during an hour-long episode of BBC Debate Night.
Full Fact→ BBC Question Time, 30 May: fact checked
We’ll be taking a look at claims made by candidates from the Conservatives and Labour, as well as Reform UK’s honorary president Nigel Farage, during the 30 May episode of BBC Question Time.
Full Fact→ BBC London mayoral debate: fact checked
With four candidates for Mayor of London clashing over transport costs, ULEZ, pay-per-mile road charging and affordable housing, we take a look at some of the claims made.
Full Fact→ BBC Breakfast gets the increase in people waiting for NHS treatment wrong
Figures quoted by presenter Naga Munchetty last week refer to the number of cases, not people.
PolitiFact→ Facebook posts – No, la BBC no cambió su logo a negro por un supuesto anuncio sobre Kate Middleton
"Kate Middleton desaparecida por meses ... El logo de la BBC en negro como cuando falleció la Reina Elizabeth II".
Full Fact→ ‘BBC’ report about a supposed $53m payment to Ukrainian general is fake
The clip cites independent investigative organisation Bellingcat as its supposed source, but they’ve confirmed that no such investigation exists.
Internet Archive→ The Context : BBCNEWS : February 29, 2024 9:30pm-10:01pm GMT
Presented by Christian Fraser. A regular panel of guests from across the political spectrum discuss the biggest international stories of the day. [S].This item belongs to: movies/TV-BBCNEWS.This item has files of the following types: Closed Caption Tex
Full Fact→ Fake ‘BBC article’ falsely claims Robert Peston sued over promoting investment scheme
Robert Peston has not endorsed an online trading platform in an on-air interview with ITV colleague Paul Brand.
Full Fact→ BBC corrects article claiming 5% measles vaccination rate
No local authority in the West Midlands has a measles vaccine uptake lower than about 75% on any measure—although this remains well below the target.
Health Feedback→ Approved COVID-19 vaccines don’t contain HIV proteins and don’t cause AIDS, contrary to claim misquoting BBC documentary
REVIEW The claim that COVID-19 vaccines cause acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) because they contain proteins from the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)—the virus responsible for AIDS—circulated on social media in December 2023. This cl
Full Fact→ BBC reporter Jeremy Bowen has not been removed from Gaza
The same false claim has been in circulation since 2014.
Logically→ No, BBC didn’t report that Ukraine politician David Arakhamia supplied weapons to Hamas
Logically→ No, the BBC has not pulled its editor Jeremy Bowen from Gaza over ‘pro-Hamas’ comments
Full Fact→ No evidence for TikTok video’s claims about Palestinians’ life expectancy and BBC coverage
The video claimed that most Palestinians “don’t ever make it past the age of 30” and that the BBC cut off its own journalist because of the content of his report.
Lead Stories→ Fact Check: Greta Thunberg Did NOT Discuss ‘Biodegradable Missiles’ In BBC Interview — Audio From Interview Has Been Altered
Did climate activist Greta Thunberg advocate for "biodegradable missiles" in an interview with the BBC? No, that's not true: A clip that circulated on social media in October 2023 featured altered audio from an BBC interview in 2022 in wh