Bbc Apologises in New Row Over 'Mistake' in Snp Survey Newsnight Claimed Most Scottish Businesses Were Against Independence. In Fact, Most Had Declined to Comment
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THE BBC has suffered another credibility blow after admitting that it made up a Newsnight survey suggesting that most of Britain and Scotland's leading businesses were not in favour of independence.
Presenter Jeremy Paxman had told SNP leader Alex Salmond that 'not one' of 50 firms, made up of 25 in Britain and 25 north of the border, supported the party's independence policy on a TV special shown before the Holyrood elections in May.See the full content of this document
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Bbc Apologises in New Row Over 'Mistake' in Snp Survey Newsnight Claimed Most Scottish Businesses Were Against Independence. In Fact, Most Had Declined to Comment
The Sunday Herald has discovered the BBC has since apologised after a viewer complained the 'straw poll' was mis-represented by Paxman because only a handful of companies replied to the survey.
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