Late last year, a British documentary used footage from a video game and amazingly labelled it as a secret IRA recording. It has now, a few months later, been given a severe dressing-down.
https://lastchance.cc/idiot-documentarians-reveal-secret-ira-terrorism-foota-5844214%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
British communications regulator Ofcom, which began an investigation into the incident last October, has this week issued its report on the matter, and called the error a “significant breach of audience trust”, which highlighted “clear deficiencies” in fact-checking. Ofcom also said it was “very surprised” the ITV crew could believe the gameplay clip was actually footage of a Libyan tank.
“As such this represented a significant breach of audience trust, particularly in the context of a public service broadcaster. Ofcom considered the programme to be materially misleading.”
ITV breached audience trust over ‘IRA’ video game footage, says Ofcom [The Guardian]
