Further to an article and video published by UNN a complaint was made to our regulator IMPRESS and the following verdict was made:
7.1. The Committee directed that the video broadcast titled “Gina Miller vs UNN! LIve Show #128” which appeared on the Publisher’s YouTube channel and was accessible to readers via the videos link on its website be removed.
7.2. The Committee considered that a proportionate remedy for the breach would be for Unity News Network to publish a correction and apology to Gina Miller with a link to the full adjudication. The correction and apology should be published towards the top of the homepage of Unity News Network for 48 hours in the same-sized font as the original article and pinned to the top of the same social media channels as the original article.
We issue the following statement:
“Unity News Network apologises to Gina Miller for publishing false allegations about her in an article first published on 14 December 2019 with the headline, “Gina Miller accused of new secret plot to HALT Brexit”. The article was deleted on 16 December 2019 and a video was then broadcast on the Unity News Network YouTube channel on 16 December 2019 titled, “Gina Miller vs UNN! LIve Show #128”, which discussed the allegations made in the article. The video has since been removed on the direction of IMPRESS. Unity News Network breached the IMPRESS Standards Code because it did not take all reasonable steps to ensure accuracy and because it did not correct a significant inaccuracy with due prominence at the earliest opportunity.”
Click here to read the full adjudication by IMPRESS.
Lead Correspondent of UNN David Clews says:
“UNN was set up as something different to the mainstream media and we pride ourselves on getting the facts right for our readers and viewers. On this occasion we fell short of these high standards and I would like to say sorry to Gina Miller and our readers for failing to verify information correctly in this instance.
We hope that this shows you that you can rely on the news and information you receive from us and when we get it wrong we are more than happy to put our hands up and apologise.”
Lead Correspondent | David Clews is the Lead Correspondent for UNN, with over 20 years of political/campaigning experience and a wealth of social media and communication skills David gets to the heart of what is really important to the real people of the UK.
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