The BBC on FlyDubai – Journalistic Standards in Freefall...

CAMERA examined the BBC's reporting on a FlyDubai hijacking incident, noting that the network first described the event as a fight and later as an altercation. The post contrasted this wording with the BBC's established policy of avoiding the term terrorist without attribution.

The article argued that minimizing the nature of the hijacking reflects a drop in journalistic standards when covering regional security events.