The Natural Philosopher wrote:
On 12/04/2019 19:44, Nightjar wrote:
The press regulator has ordered the Telegraph to print a correction
after ruling that Boris was wrong when he claimed in his column that a
no-deal Brexit was the public's preferred option.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47913555
Unfortunately, Boris was in fact right.
"IPSO has forced The Telegraph to amend a column Boris wrote in January
in which he suggested No Deal was the most popular option with the
public. A Remainer academic from Reading University complained to IPSO
extraordinarily hysterically saying that Boris column was clearly out
of the Trump/Bannon playbook. The piece has now been amended to say
In fact, no poll clearly showed that a no-deal Brexit was more
popular than the other options. This correction is being published
following a complaint upheld by the Independent Press Standards
Organisation.
IPSO is mistaken on this point, IPSO clearly didnt look at this Opinium
poll just before Boris wrote his column and as reported at the time by
the BBC:"
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46735713
You have cast aspersions at reporting by the BBC accusing it of bias
throughout the time of the Brexit debate if not before so why should we
believe it is credible because this time you happen to want to use a report
by
them to support your P.O.V.
Normally anything from the BBC you immediately shout down so why should we
believe it this time.
GH