Complaint
The programme included an interview with a social housing campaigner who expressed shock that the squalid living conditions he had encountered were found in 鈥淕reat Britain, the sixth richest country in the world鈥. 聽A listener complained that this was inaccurate and misleading because the UK is not the world鈥檚 sixth richest country.聽 The ECU considered the complaint in the light of the 大象传媒鈥檚 editorial standards of accuracy.聽
Outcome
Estimates of the UK鈥檚 comparative wealth vary according to the measures being used, but the ECU considered its precise standing entirely immaterial to the point being made by the speaker and unlikely to mislead listeners in relation to the issues under consideration.
Not Upheld