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Andy McDonald MP Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

BBC issue apology for misreporting my call for peace in the Middle East

I am grateful that BBC has broadcasted this retraction, correction and apology.

Corrections and Clarifications (bbc.co.uk)

I have now received apologies from The Times, The Guardian, and the BBC for misreporting my call for peace in the Middle East. I trust the Mainstream Media will now stop accusing me of things I have not said or done, and they will quote the words I used and not the ones that they think I have used.

Watch the video here: https://x.com/AndyMcDonaldMP/status/1757775903222906962?s=20

https://x.com/AndyMcDonaldMP/status/1757996731772387397?s=20

 

Black text on blank white background detailing a clarification which reads as: In an item about Labour and the Rochdale by-election, we reported that Middlesbrough MP Andy McDonald had been suspended by Labour for an alleged antisemitic remark. This was incorrect. He was suspended for what the Labour Party called deeply offensive comments relating to the Israel-Gaza war. Mr McDonald denies this. We apologise for the error and made the correction and apology on air in the next day’s programme. On Newsnight a contributor also incorrectly listed Mr McDonald as an MP who had been suspended by Labour for antisemitic remarks
Black text on blank white background detailing a clarification which reads as: In an item about Labour and the Rochdale by-election, we reported that Middlesbrough MP Andy McDonald had been suspended by Labour for an alleged antisemitic remark. This was incorrect. He was suspended for what the Labour Party called deeply offensive comments relating to the Israel-Gaza war. Mr McDonald denies this. We apologise for the error and made the correction and apology on air in the next day’s programme. On Newsnight a contributor also incorrectly listed Mr McDonald as an MP who had been suspended by Labour for antisemitic remarks
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