Article 70NMK BBC airing false claim about Euan Blair blamed on young producers ‘marinated in social media’

BBC airing false claim about Euan Blair blamed on young producers ‘marinated in social media’

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Broadcaster apologised after Have I Got News For You falsely said ex-PM's son's firm had won digital ID contract

The arrival of a generation of young producers marinated in social media" led to a false claim about Euan Blair being broadcast on Have I Got News For You, the production chief behind the show has said.

The first in a new series of the BBC show featured an incorrect claim that the company run by the son of the former prime minister Tony Blair had been given the contract to run the government's new digital ID system.

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