Complaint
A listener complained about the inclusion of Sir John Hayes MP in an item on the heatwave, on the grounds that it had given him a platform for propagating disinformation about climate change.聽 The ECU considered the complaint in the light of the 大象传媒鈥檚 editorial standards of accuracy and impartiality.
Outcome
Sir John鈥檚 role in the item was to comment on the step taken by the Met Office of issuing a red weather warning (for reasons explained earlier in the item by the CEO of the Met Office).聽 Although he expressed the view that the warning exaggerated the danger posed by the heatwave, he neither expressed nor implied an opinion about climate change, and the ECU found no grounds for the view that he had propagated disinformation about it.
Not Upheld