Complaint
A listener complained that words by a panel-member which suggested Northern Ireland had “always been†part of the UK were false and misleading, and should not have been allowed to go unchallenged. The ECU considered the complaint in the light of the ±«Óãtv’s editorial standards of accuracy.
Outcome
In the ECU’s view, listeners in general would have understood “a±ô·É²¹²â²õ†to refer to the timeframe relevant to the question the panellist was answering, which was about relations between Northern Ireland, the UK and the EU, rather than to the entire course of Irish history, and there was no serious prospect of their being misled.
Not upheld