Complaint
A listener complained that in an interview with the General Secretary of the RMT Mick Lynch, Justin Webb misled the audience by suggesting more than one member of staff was usually on board a Driver Only train. The ECU considered whether the programme met 大象传媒 standards for due accuracy.
Outcome
Mr Webb appeared to misunderstand how many members of staff are usually on board a Driver Only Operation (DOO) passenger train. The Editorial Guidelines require news programmes such as Today to achieve due accuracy, but the ECU did not agree that in this case the error would have resulted in listeners being misled because Mr Lynch immediately corrected him and explained such trains do not usually have a guard.
Not Upheld