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BBC admits "error"

"The BBC has claimed it made a “mistake” in editing a clip where it cut out an audience laughing at Boris Johnson, insisting the decision was made due to time constraints rather than political bias.In the Question Time leaders’ debate special, broadcast on BBC One on Friday night, an audience member asked the prime minister: “How important is it for someone in your position of power to always tell the truth?”Her question to Johnson was met with laughter, followed by applause, with Johnson struggling to reply. But in the version shown on the following day’s lunchtime news bulletin the laughter had been removed, with the BBC initially saying the edit had been made for time reasons before it rowed back and admitted its error."https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/nov/25/bbc-admits-mistake-in-editing-out-laughter-at-johnson-in-tv-debateEverybody's doing it now, BBC, not just the rightwingers. Errors and bias can be retrieved and shown.

David Ainsworth ● 2542d1 Comments

'Time constraints' is a somewhat spurious reason for trimming barely a second from Johnson's interview.  Neither was it really 'a mistake', as it must have been entirely intentional for someone to give the instruction to trim that particular bit to get rid of Johnson's slight fluff and the waft of audience laughter. The only plausible reason would be that it made him look better, and I'd categorise that under 'error of judgement', along with the earlier wreath swapping incident.

Peter Evans ● 2542d