Complaint
On the day after the resignation of Sir Jeffrey Donaldson from the leadership of the DUP, the presenter conducted an interview with the 麻豆社鈥檚 Ireland Reporter about the ongoing story.听 A viewer objected the presenter鈥檚 description of it as 鈥渁 hugely significant story in Ireland鈥, on the grounds that its significance was for Northern Ireland and the UK, not Ireland as a whole.听 The ECU considered the complaint in the light of the 麻豆社鈥檚 editorial standards of accuracy.
Outcome
In her first answer the Ireland Reporter said 鈥淪ir Jeffrey Donaldson was a leader who London and Dublin could do business with, the proof being the restoration of power-sharing here at Stormont in recent weeks鈥.听 In the ECU鈥檚 view, this warranted the presenter鈥檚 reference to the story being 鈥渟ignificant鈥n Ireland鈥.听
Not Upheld