BBC News Puts Rupert Lowe Twitter Gaffe Above Labour Minister Resignation – Guido Fawkes

BBC News Puts Rupert Lowe Twitter Gaffe Above Labour Minister Resignation

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BBC News at One has featured independent MP Rupert Lowe mistaking some rowers for small boat migrants on social media above the resignation of a Labour minister in its programme. Nothing to see here…

Lowe’s X gaffe from this morning featured as the fourth item on the bulletin at the top of the hour – reserved for the biggest stories of the day. Ali’s resignation did not get into the bulletin at all…

Coverage of the tweet plus an interview with the rowers then continued at 17 minutes past the hour. For anyone to hear a peep about Ali’s resignation late last night they would have to wait until 21 minutes into the programme when it was given three minutes. On some days BBC News at One can get about 2.5 million viewers…

On the BBC News website Lowe is prominently featured – the Ali story isn’t there. Who’s interested in scandal and sleaze anyway…