Have I Got News For You’s Euan Blair error blamed on young producers ‘marinated in social media’
Producer explains Have I Got News For You’s Euan Blair mistake
- A false claim was broadcast on the BBC panel show Have I Got News For You concerning Euan Blair, son of Tony Blair.
- Presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell incorrectly stated that Mr Blair's company, Multiverse, had secured a government contract for new ID cards.
- Jimmy Mulville, founder of Hat Trick Productions, explained the error stemmed from “digital native” producers relying on an unverified X social media post.
- Mulville admitted producers failed to verify the story elsewhere and added that crew members “felt terrible about this” error.
- The BBC apologised for the mistake, removed and re-edited the episode on iPlayer, and a new rule was implemented to prevent reliance on unverified social media stories.