Emily Maitlis has been reprimanded by her BBC bosses after retweeting Piers Morgan's anti-Tory tweet. Piers' government rant seemed to be supported by the newsreader, who re-shared it to her followers.
But she was told that she breached impartiality rules by retweeting his post. Piers wrote: "If failing to quarantine properly is punishable by 10yrs in prison, what is the punishment for failing to properly protect the country from a pandemic?" Emily deleted the retweet within ten minutes earlier this year.
However, after posting it in February, someone complained to the BBC - and now she has been told off. It is the second time she has fallen foul of the code of conduct during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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