{"id":16492,"date":"2020-09-04T09:31:44","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T13:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16492"},"modified":"2020-09-04T09:31:44","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T13:31:44","slug":"foster-demands-investigation-into-bbcs-use-of-irish-flag-to-represent-north","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16492","title":{"rendered":"Foster Demands Investigation Into BBC’s Use Of Irish Flag To Represent North"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The graphic shown on BBC Breakfast that represented Northern Ireland with the flag of the Irish Republic (PA\/BBC Breakfast)<\/figcaption><\/figure>Stormont\u2019s First Minister has demanded an investigation into how the wrong flag was used to represent Northern Ireland on BBC Breakfast.<\/p>\n

Arlene Foster made the call after the Irish tricolor was used in the graphic illustrating differing travel quarantine restrictions in place in the different UK regions during Friday morning\u2019s show.<\/p>\n

Mrs Foster\u2019s DUP party branded the incident \u201cdisgraceful\u201d.<\/p>\n

At the end of the program, presenter Naga Munchetty apologized for the error.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe would like to apologize for a mistake we made earlier in the program,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a graphic sequence explaining the differing travel quarantine rules around the nations of the UK we mistakenly showed the wrong flag for Northern Ireland.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mrs Foster welcomed the apology but urged the BBC\u2019s new director general Tim Davie to establish what went wrong.<\/p>\n

She tweeted: \u201c@BBCBreakfast were right to apologize swiftly but the BBC DG needs to investigate the editorial process that allowed the inaccurate graphic to air. Very poor.\u201d<\/p>\n

The DUP said one of its MPs, Ian Paisley, had emailed Mr Davie following the error to demand an apology.<\/p>\n

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