大象传媒 Politics tweet, 24 July 2019

Complaint

A tweet referring to an interview with the Green Party MP Caroline Lucas about Brexit read: 鈥榃ould Green MP Caroline Lucas accept the result of Brexit referendum where Leave won? 鈥淣o, I probably wouldn鈥檛鈥濃.聽 A reader complained that this misrepresented Ms Lucas鈥檚 position.


Outcome

Ms Lucas had said in the interview that in the short term she would accept the result and that this would settle the issue for the foreseeable future.聽 The tweet did not accurately reflect this.
Upheld


Further action

In addition to the removal of the tweet (which happened before the complaint reached the ECU), corrections and explanations were posted on Twitter and the 大象传媒鈥檚 Corrections and Clarifications page.