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BBC pulls 'Have I Got News For You' episode from iPlayer due to error - Nottinghamshire Live
BBC removed the episode after presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell falsely claimed Multiverse would run the UK government’s digital ID scheme, which fact-checkers and officials denied.
- On Friday, the BBC removed a Have I Got News for You episode from BBC iPlayer after presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell made an on-air error.
- FullFact found that viral social media posts sparked the claim but concluded there is no evidence Multiverse, company founded by Euan Blair, is involved.
- Viewers reacted angrily online, saying the line was scripted, while reporters including Politics Home's Zoë Crowther shared clips expressing astonishment at the failed fact-checking.
- A spokesperson for the BBC apologised and said the episode was removed from BBC iPlayer while edits were made, and it has since returned without the inaccurate claim.
- The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology said claims Multiverse was chosen are false, and the Gov.uk Wallet is expected to be built by in-house Government teams.
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Have I Got News For You episode removed from BBC iPlayer after Victoria Coren Mitchell error
An episode of Have I Got News For You has been removed from BBC iPlayer following an "unintentional editorial oversight".In the latest episode of the current affairs quiz programme, hosted Victoria Coren Mitchell, a segment on the government's plans to introduced digital ID cards featured a claim that is now proven to be false.In the segment, Coren Mitchell asked the teams who is set to benefit from the introduction of the ID cards, to which she…
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