The BBC’s flagship televisual news programme gets it wrong yet again when it comes to compiling a simple markets round up.
The FTSE-100 actually finished down 0.80 points on Valentines day 2008, not 80 points.
This follows a debacle in late November of not one but two cock-ups on consecutive nights. Radio 4 made the same faux pas while Newsnight editor Peter Barron admitted the mistake had been a repeat of earlier events.
For international readers: this is what a $7bn per annum state-funded broadcaster gets you!
Tags: BBC, FTSE, incompetence, index
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