Complaint
This bulletin included an item on the rise of Sir Keir Starmer which said he 鈥渟howed a ruthless streak when he suspended his predecessor from the party over antisemitism鈥.聽 A viewer complained this gave a misleading and biased impression of the reasons for Jeremy Corbyn鈥檚 suspension from the Labour Party, which had not resulted from perceived antisemitism on his part but from his response to the EHRC report on antisemitism in the Labour Party.聽 The ECU considered whether the item met the 大象传媒鈥檚 editorial standards of accuracy and impartiality.
Outcome
The ECU did not agree that saying Mr Corbyn had been suspended 鈥渙ver antisemitism鈥 implied that he himself had been deemed antisemitic.聽 It considered the phrase to be a reasonable encapsulation of a situation in which Sir Keir had explained that Mr Corbyn鈥檚 response to the EHRC report had 鈥渦ndermined and set back our work in restoring trust and confidence in the Labour Party鈥檚 ability to tackle antisemitism鈥, and found it neither inaccurate nor biased against Mr Corbyn.
Not upheld