In a widely criticized episode , initial online BBC reports of the 7 July 2005 London bombings identified the perpetrators as terrorists , in contradiction to the BBC 's internal policy . But by the next day , journalist Tom Gross noted that the online articles had been edited , replacing " terrorists " by " bombers " . In another case , March 28 , 2007 , the BBC paid almost $ 400,000 in legal fees in a London court to keep an internal memo dealing with alleged anti-Israeli bias from becoming public . The BBC has been accused of having a pro-Israel bias , which it has partially admitted to in a case in 2013
7 July 2005 London bombings
7 July 2005 London bombings
Media bias