Jeremy Corbyn’s team send a complaint to the #BBC over its ’hatchet job’ Panorama programme
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His campaign team said they have sent a copy of Mr Corbyn’s diary to prove he did not attend a conference in Cairo that advocated attacks on British and American troops, as was stated by the programme’s presenter, John Ware.
The diary proves he attended events in his Islington constituency, his campaign claims. However the BBC said they had yet to receive a copy of it.
The programme investigated the rise of Mr Corbyn and showed clips from a number of his rallies over the summer. It also included a number of warnings from high profile Blairite figures warning that a Corbyn victory could reignite the divisions of Labour’s past and bring back the “thuggery and intimidation” of the militant left.
It attracted hundreds of complaints from viewers who claimed it was biased against Mr Corbyn and who accused the BBC of trying to persuade undecided voters not to vote for him, less than three days before the deadline for voting closed.