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BBC

type	website
status	Template:WP:RSPSTATUS/sandbox generally reliable
recency	2024
Domain bbc.co.uk
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Domain bbc.com
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Summary

BBC is a British publicly funded broadcaster. It is considered generally reliable. This includes BBC News, BBC documentaries, and the BBC History site (on BBC Online). However, this excludes BBC projects that incorporate user-generated content (such as h2g2 and the BBC Domesday Project) and BBC publications with reduced editorial oversight (such as Collective). Statements of opinion should conform to the corresponding guideline.

Excerpt

Excerpt from the lead of BBC:

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public-service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current state with its current name on New Year's Day 1927. The oldest and largest local and global broadcaster by stature and by number of employees, the BBC employs over 21,000 staff in total, of whom approximately 17,200 are in public-sector broadcasting.

Discussions

Links

All archive links are WP:RSP archives unless noted.

1. Archive 1#Collective (BBC)
2. Archive 28#BBC self-published content?
3. Archive 29#Redux: Is "Document" documentary on BBC4 radio RS?
4. Archive 34#BBC History
5. Archive 97#BBC Domesday Reloaded
6. Archive 104#The New York Times BBC vs. academics
7. Archive 124#Second Congo War, International Rescue Committee, BBC News
8. Archive 129#Can a BBC documentary be cited as a reliable source?
9. Archive 133#BBC
10. Archive 184#BBC documentary in Lewis Carroll
11. Archive 189#BBC misrepresentation of sources
12. Archive 224#BBC One – Antiques Roadshow
13. Archive 265#BBC article about sexual abuse in MEK camps
14. Archive 265#BBC
15. Archive 278#BBC on some pro-MEK politicians getting paid by the group
16. Archive 301#The BBC
17. Archive 347#Reliability of a specific BBC report
18. Archive 356#BBC Azerbaijani Service
19. Archive 380#Reliability of BBC.news for the history of ice cream
20. Archive 396#Reliability of Source BBC
21. Archive 451#informational report: BBC according to Telegraph
22. RSN Archive 9#Assessment of BBC non-English content

Recency

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Uses in Wikipedia

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• bbc.com
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Original table row for comparison

Perennial sources

Source	Status (legend)	Discussions			Use
		List	Last	Summary
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) Template:WP:RSPSHORTCUT	Template:WP:RSPSTATUS	22	Template:WP:RSPLAST	BBC is a British publicly funded broadcaster. It is considered generally reliable. This includes BBC News, BBC documentaries, and the BBC History site (on BBC Online). However, this excludes BBC projects that incorporate user-generated content (such as h2g2 and the BBC Domesday Project) and BBC publications with reduced editorial oversight (such as Collective). Statements of opinion should conform to the corresponding guideline.	Template:WP:RSPUSES