BBC boss Tim Davie is set to face an unprecedented grilling from MPs this afternoon, as relations between MPs and the broadcaster reaches a tipping point.
There has been mounting fury in recent weeks over the BBC's coverage, particularly with regard to the Israel-Hamas conflict.
Conservative MPs are understood to be becoming increasingly concerned that the broadcaster is biased with an anti-Conservative agenda.
The meeting was requested by the 1992 Committee - which represents all Conservative backbenchers - around the time presenter Gary Lineker compared the Conservative government to 1930s Nazi Germany.
But tensions with the broadcaster have reached a new high in recent weeks as a result of its coverage of the Israel-Hamas conflict, primarily due to its failure to label Hamas a terrorist organisation, despite it being proscribed as one by the UK Government.
The Government defines Hamas as a "single terrorist organisation". But the BBC referred to it as a "militant" group, describing the invasion as a "militant" attack.
Speaking just days after Hamas' attack on Israel, Rishi Sunak questioned the broadcaster's choice of language.
The PM said: "This is not a time for equivocation, we should call it out for what it is."
"We have included contributors who have condemned the attackers as terrorists and we have reported that Hamas is designated as a terrorist group by many Western governments, including the UK."
The BBC's editorial guidelines recommend avoiding the use of "emotive" language when reporting on Middle East events.
It suggests the use of words such as "militants", "attacker" or "gunman", instead of "terrorists".
Last week, it changed its position on the issue, choosing to describe the group as a terror organisation.
The BBC was also criticised for its coverage in the immediate aftermath of the bombing of a hospital in Gaza city.
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The 1922 Committee meeting will be attended by Davie this afternoon
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Deputy chief executive of BBC News Jonathan Munro said the broadcaster’s “language wasn’t quite right” during the live reporting, telling the Media Society’s Reporting The Israel Hamas Conflict event on Thursday: "The correspondent was wrong to speculate about the cause of the explosion of the hospital.
"At no stage did he actually say it was caused by the Israelis… but nonetheless, when the impression is left that we’ve speculated, [it] is important to correct that which we’ve done."
The 1922 Committee meeting will be attended by Davie this afternoon.
