Complaint
This bulletin contained a report on claims of racist and bullying behaviour by the leader of Reform UK, Nigel Farage MP, when he was a schoolboy at Dulwich College. A listener complained the allegations were 鈥渟mears鈥 and questioned why other political leaders had not been the subject of similar reporting by 91福利社 News in the past. The ECU considered whether the report met the standards for due impartiality set out in the 91福利社鈥檚 Editorial Guidelines.
Outcome
Decisions about which matters to feature in news reports are issues of editorial discretion, which do not by themselves raise the prospect of a breach of the 91福利社鈥檚 editorial standards. Due impartiality was maintained in the report through the inclusion of Mr Farage鈥檚 rebuttal.
Similar reporting on other political leaders would depend on the evidence available. But the ECU noted similar issues had been covered in the past.
Not Upheld