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| ITV reprimands This Morning's Phillip Schofield over names blunder | ITV reprimands This Morning's Phillip Schofield over names blunder |
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| ITV has reprimanded This Morning host Phillip Schofield and three members of the show's production staff over the on-screen blunder that linked several Conservative politicians with allegations of child sex abuse. | ITV has reprimanded This Morning host Phillip Schofield and three members of the show's production staff over the on-screen blunder that linked several Conservative politicians with allegations of child sex abuse. |
| On last Thursday's edition of This Morning, Schofield handed David Cameron a list of Tory politicians allegedly linked to child sex abuse, which he said he had found after three minutes of online research. | On last Thursday's edition of This Morning, Schofield handed David Cameron a list of Tory politicians allegedly linked to child sex abuse, which he said he had found after three minutes of online research. |
| Both ITV and Schofield apologised later that day after some of the names on the list were identifiable by viewers. The presenter also attracted widespread criticism for handing the list to Cameron live on air. | Both ITV and Schofield apologised later that day after some of the names on the list were identifiable by viewers. The presenter also attracted widespread criticism for handing the list to Cameron live on air. |
| The broadcaster said on Thursday that it had taken "appropriate disciplinary action" against Schofield and three members of production staff over the incident. | The broadcaster said on Thursday that it had taken "appropriate disciplinary action" against Schofield and three members of production staff over the incident. |
| Schofield will front the show alongside regular co-host Holly Willoughby on Thursday. | Schofield will front the show alongside regular co-host Holly Willoughby on Thursday. |
| A spokesman for ITV said that no member of staff had been suspended or sacked following an investigation immediately after last Thursday's programme. He declined to go into detail about the nature of the disciplinary action. | A spokesman for ITV said that no member of staff had been suspended or sacked following an investigation immediately after last Thursday's programme. He declined to go into detail about the nature of the disciplinary action. |
| ITV said in a statement: "Last Thursday we began an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the mistake on that day's This Morning programme, for which both Phillip Schofield and ITV apologised. | ITV said in a statement: "Last Thursday we began an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the mistake on that day's This Morning programme, for which both Phillip Schofield and ITV apologised. |
| "This investigation has now concluded and the appropriate disciplinary action has been taken. We sincerely apologise because the way in which the issue was raised was clearly wrong and should have been handled differently. We have taken steps to make sure our editorial processes are always properly followed, which was not the case in this instance, and to ensure such an error will not be made again." | "This investigation has now concluded and the appropriate disciplinary action has been taken. We sincerely apologise because the way in which the issue was raised was clearly wrong and should have been handled differently. We have taken steps to make sure our editorial processes are always properly followed, which was not the case in this instance, and to ensure such an error will not be made again." |
| ITV and the media regulator Ofcom received more than 500 complaints over the incident. | |
| On Thursday, the solicitor representing the Tory peer mistakenly linked to allegations of child sex abuse confirmed that he would be writing to ITV about the This Morning incident. | On Thursday, the solicitor representing the Tory peer mistakenly linked to allegations of child sex abuse confirmed that he would be writing to ITV about the This Morning incident. |
| Lord McAlpine described the false allegations as "devastating" and his lawyer confirmed they hoped to reach a libel settlement with the BBC later on Thursday over the botched Newsnight report that led to him being mistakenly linked to child sex abuse. | Lord McAlpine described the false allegations as "devastating" and his lawyer confirmed they hoped to reach a libel settlement with the BBC later on Thursday over the botched Newsnight report that led to him being mistakenly linked to child sex abuse. |
| McAlpine's name was falsely linked to the scandal, after pre-publicity for the botched Newsnight programme on 2 November promised to out a senior politician as a paedophile. | McAlpine's name was falsely linked to the scandal, after pre-publicity for the botched Newsnight programme on 2 November promised to out a senior politician as a paedophile. |
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