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The Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) has cleared a Daily Telegraph article that urged its readers to join Labour and vote for Jeremy Corbyn to be its next leader in order to damage the party. | |
The regulator said 26 people complained that the article, which was headlined “How you can help Jeremy Corbyn win – and destroy the Labour party”, breached its code of ethics. | The regulator said 26 people complained that the article, which was headlined “How you can help Jeremy Corbyn win – and destroy the Labour party”, breached its code of ethics. |
They claimed – variously – that the article constituted harassment, that it was inaccurate and that the Telegraph had not given a proper right of reply to people it mentioned. | |
They also claimed it amounted to subterfuge, that it was discriminatory and that it breached a rule that regulates how journalists should approach stories related to their own financial interests. | They also claimed it amounted to subterfuge, that it was discriminatory and that it breached a rule that regulates how journalists should approach stories related to their own financial interests. |
After considering each claim individually, Ipso contacted each of the complainants to say they did not have sufficient grounds to take the matter any further. | After considering each claim individually, Ipso contacted each of the complainants to say they did not have sufficient grounds to take the matter any further. |
In the piece, the Telegraph advised readers that they could gain the right to vote in the Labour leadership election by paying £3. It urged them to do so and to vote for Corbyn, who it felt was the candidate least likely to defeat the Conservatives. | In the piece, the Telegraph advised readers that they could gain the right to vote in the Labour leadership election by paying £3. It urged them to do so and to vote for Corbyn, who it felt was the candidate least likely to defeat the Conservatives. |
The article prompted Corbyn, who is ahead of his Labour leadership rivals in the polls, to urge the party to root out anyone who followed the Telegraph’s advice. | The article prompted Corbyn, who is ahead of his Labour leadership rivals in the polls, to urge the party to root out anyone who followed the Telegraph’s advice. |
His spokesman said: “Though this a pure media stunt, Labour has in any case robust mechanisms to root out anti-Labour people from participating and we urge constituency Labour parties and members to shop anyone to the party who may have tried to sign up on this basis.” | His spokesman said: “Though this a pure media stunt, Labour has in any case robust mechanisms to root out anti-Labour people from participating and we urge constituency Labour parties and members to shop anyone to the party who may have tried to sign up on this basis.” |
There was a largely negative reaction to the article, including among the Telegraph’s own readers, some of whom said it was “tribal”, “ridiculous” and an “infantile joke”. | |
Corbyn was not among those who complained and his representative declined to comment. | Corbyn was not among those who complained and his representative declined to comment. |
An Ipso spokesman said: “We have now responded to all 26 complainants regarding the article headlined “How you can help Jeremy Corbyn win – and destroy the Labour party” published by the Daily Telegraph on 15 July 2015. | An Ipso spokesman said: “We have now responded to all 26 complainants regarding the article headlined “How you can help Jeremy Corbyn win – and destroy the Labour party” published by the Daily Telegraph on 15 July 2015. |
“Having completed an assessment of the complaints about the article under the terms of the editors’ code of practice, we have concluded that the complaints received do not raise a possible breach of the code. | “Having completed an assessment of the complaints about the article under the terms of the editors’ code of practice, we have concluded that the complaints received do not raise a possible breach of the code. |
“Complainants are entitled to request a review of the decision by the Ipso complaints committee and have seven days in which to make that request.” | “Complainants are entitled to request a review of the decision by the Ipso complaints committee and have seven days in which to make that request.” |
A spokesman for Telegraph Media Group did not respond to a request for comment. | A spokesman for Telegraph Media Group did not respond to a request for comment. |