Latest in the Equisafety vs. V-Bandz saga

[magicmoose]

BBC APOLOGISES FOR HI-VIZ FAKE CLAIM
3rd December, 2013.

The BBC has today broadcast an apology to Equisafety over an episode of Fake Britain.

In a report upholding their findings also published today, the BBC Trustees said the item was “inaccurate, misleading and unfair towards Equisafety.”

The programme, broadcast in June 2012, showed a hi-viz waistcoat for riders being tested. Equisafety, the maker of the waistcoat, complained.

The Editorial Standards Committee (ESC) of the BBC Trust decided it was inaccurate to say that the waistcoat had failed to meet EU standards and so was fake.

The Trustees also concluded that Equisafety should have been given a right to reply to the concerns aired in the programme - and that viewers should have been told that an interviewee had links to a rival company.

Today’s broadcast concluded: “The BBC would like to apologise to Equisafety and to our audiences.”

 

[Goldenstar]

Good heavens ,
I feel sorry for the company that sort of thing is so damaging.
Yet another thing that proves you can't trust the BBC anymore .
Good for the company for being brave enough to take them on.

 

[ester]

They did explain that the reason it did not conform was because of the polite writing - meaning that there was insufficient area of fluorescent material though.

 

[Goldenstar]

They did explain that the reason it did not conform was because of the polite writing - meaning that there was insufficient area of fluorescent material though.

Yup and trustees have ruled that was wrong.
Entertainment dressed up as journalism .

 

[dogatemysalad]

They did explain that the reason it did not conform was because of the polite writing - meaning that there was insufficient area of fluorescent material though.

Yes, that is a problem about the ECquisafety range.
Though doesn't bother me, I don't buy their stuff, it looks tacky.

 

[Tiddlypom]

Oh dear, we expect better from the Beeb than tacky misinformed programmes.

I'm not an equisafety fan, but that is no excuse for shoddy journalism.

 

[ester]

Yeah but the whole point of them is the writing... therefore if you buy one you aren't going to be bothered that that means it misses out on a standard. You can see the product, can see how much fluorescent material there is so I don't really see the issue either way.