The BBC and ITV have apologised to Lord McAlpine at the high court for "disastrously" and falsely linking him to allegations of child sex abuse.
Lawyers for both broadcasters expressed remorse and withdrew the allegations
The BBC and ITV have already agreed to pay the Tory peer damages of £185,000 and £125,000 plus legal costs respectively
What happened:
McAlpine,took action against the BBC over a Newsnight report in early November that falsely linked him to an allegation of child sex abuse
The following week, Phillip Schofield showed a list of senior Tory politicians allegedly linked to child sex abuse live on air during ITV1's
Apparently nearly 1,000 Twitter users had written to McAlpine to apologise for tweets that falsely linked him to allegations of child sex abuse.
Summary:
Unrelliability of the BBC and their trust may be questioned after this incident and as ITV followed the BBC's allegations and the following week put up Alpines name on the list of politicians also shows the weaknesses of ITV as they perhaps were not willing to check up upon the reasearch and evidence and therefore followed along with BBC's allegations emphasising their careless actions.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/dec/18/bbc-itv-apologise-lord-mcalpine
Lawyers for both broadcasters expressed remorse and withdrew the allegations
The BBC and ITV have already agreed to pay the Tory peer damages of £185,000 and £125,000 plus legal costs respectively
What happened:
McAlpine,took action against the BBC over a Newsnight report in early November that falsely linked him to an allegation of child sex abuse
The following week, Phillip Schofield showed a list of senior Tory politicians allegedly linked to child sex abuse live on air during ITV1's
Apparently nearly 1,000 Twitter users had written to McAlpine to apologise for tweets that falsely linked him to allegations of child sex abuse.
Summary:
Unrelliability of the BBC and their trust may be questioned after this incident and as ITV followed the BBC's allegations and the following week put up Alpines name on the list of politicians also shows the weaknesses of ITV as they perhaps were not willing to check up upon the reasearch and evidence and therefore followed along with BBC's allegations emphasising their careless actions.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/dec/18/bbc-itv-apologise-lord-mcalpine
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