Posted 3/19/2024, 11:43:00 AM
BBC Apologizes to Reform UK for Far-Right Description After Complaints of Bias
- BBC apologizes for calling Reform UK "far-right" in a news report about Liberal Democrat conference
- Reform UK leader Richard Tice complained, said it was a "smear" and "defamatory", threatened to sue
- BBC admitted error, said it "fell short of editorial standards", took "full responsibility", and apologized
- Reform UK pushes policies like cutting immigration and taxes that are right of Conservatives
- Controversy follows past claims by Tories that BBC showed bias in calling event with PM Meloni "far-right rally"