BBC Apologises for Putting ‘Corrective’ Subtitles Under MP’s Parliament Speech

The BBC said that was a lack of consistency in the use of its captions and the number posted during the speech was not “proportionate, nor always relevant.”

MP Andrew Bridgen addresses parliament on Oct. 20. Screenshot/BBC Parliament

The BBC has apologised after it ran several live counterarguments on the bottom of the screen during MP Andrew Bridgen’s speech, some saying “COVID-19 vaccines used in the UK are safe.”

The BBC is to review the way it uses captions during such proceedings after its Parliament Channel put live messages on the screen defending COVID-19 vaccines as MP Andrew Bridgen spoke in a Parliamentary debate on excess deaths.