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BBC Broke Editorial Rules After Reporting That Nigel Farage Had “Excused” Russia’s Ukraine Invasion
The BBC has said it was wrong to report in June that Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage had "excused" Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
They argued that Farage, an ardent supporter of Donald Trump, had simply used the Panorama interview to restate his view that Russia had used the eastward expansion of NATO as an excuse for military action in Ukraine. The BBC’s Executive Complaints Unit (ECU) agreed: “This was not the same as ‘excusing’ President Putin’s decision, and that the phrasing of the introduction gave the misleading impression that Mr Farage considered the invasion of Ukraine to be justifiable.” Several hours later, she appeared on BBC News to apologize, stating: “Earlier today we heard live from Nigel Farage speaking at that election event and when we came away from his live speech I used language to describe it which didn’t meet the BBC’s editorial standards on impartiality.
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