About: The online arm of the venerable British Broadcasting Corporation, Britain's national public broadcaster. Usually considered a trusted and reliable source of mainstream news. 18-03-2011- Reporter: None credited
- Date: 2011-03-18
- Score: 7
- Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12770263
- Reporting faults and errors: Caption on pic 5 of 20 - "In Sendai the full scale of the disaster could be seen from the air. Few buildings remain standing in the city that was home to some million people." Accompanying a picture of Minami Sanriku.
- Description: Suggesting that a city of a million people has been almost completely wiped out and accompanying it with a picture of a town of 20,000 people whilst there are BBC journalists on the ground in Sendai is grossly irresponsible.
- JPquake Editor: SR
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