Complaint
The programme included a contribution from Jim Murphy.Β A viewer complained that the programmeβs failure to identify him as CEO of Arden Strategies, a political PR consultancy which had done work for the Labour Party, introduced an element of bias.Β The ECU considered the complaint in the light of the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔβs editorial standards of impartiality.
Outcome
As Mr Murphy was introduced as βformer Secretary of State for Scotland, former leader of the Scottish Labour Partyβ, the ECU saw no danger of viewers being unaware that he had been invited onto the programme to represent a Labour viewpoint, and no element of bias in the context of a programme where supporters of a range of party viewpoints were invited to comment.
Not Upheld