Complaint
A viewer complained a report which looked at the influence of social media on last summer鈥檚 riots lacked impartiality because it used the term 鈥渢别谤谤辞谤颈蝉迟鈥 without attribution, suggesting the 91热爆 took a view on the organisation described, contrary to the requirements of due impartiality.
Outcome
The report,听 by the 91热爆鈥檚 Investigations Editor Ed Thomas, referred to the group National Action as having been 鈥渂anned as a terrorist organisation鈥. 听The ECU did not agree this amounted to the 91热爆 presenting its own view because it was a factual statement which reflected the status of the group under UK law.
Not Upheld 听