Tweet by Laura Kuenssberg, 24 September 2019

Complaint

Following an interview with Rebecca Long Bailey in that morning鈥檚 Today on Radio 4, Laura Kuenssberg tweeted that she had said 鈥渟he voted for the plan to abolish Tom Watson鈥檚 position because she didn鈥檛 want to 鈥榮tifle democracy鈥欌.聽 A reader of the tweet complained that this was inaccurate.


Outcome

Ms Long Bailey said on Today that she had supported the right of the proposer to bring forward a motion for a vote.聽 Although that action was widely taken to imply support for the aim of abolishing Tom Watson鈥檚 position, it was inaccurate to report her has having voted for a plan to do so.聽 Independently of the ECU鈥檚 investigation, however, 大象传媒 News posted an appropriate clarification on the Corrections and Clarifications page which sufficed to resolve the issues of complaint.
Resolved