Complaint
A viewer complained that this programme, which set out to expose disinformation, itself contained disinformation about an article he had written.聽 The ECU considered the complaint in the light of the 大象传媒鈥檚 editorial standards of accuracy.
Outcome
The article in question, which was featured in one of the programme鈥檚 graphics, was headlined 鈥淏ritish jurors concluded taxes may have funded 7/7鈥, with the subheading 鈥淩easonable cause to suspect it was a 鈥榝alse flag鈥 attack鈥.聽 It concerned the trial in 2011of Anthony John Hill on a charge of perverting the course of justice for having sent a homemade documentary suggesting the British security services had carried out the 7/7 bombings to the judge and jury foreman in a trial linked to the attacks. 聽The article drew the conclusion that Mr Hill鈥檚 acquittal amounted to a finding by the jury that Mr Hill鈥檚 theory was true.聽 As this conclusion was entirely unwarranted, the ECU considered it justifiable for the programme to include the article among its illustrations of disinformation.
Not upheld