Media Council orders Worker’s Voice to print retraction
The Worker’s Voice must publish a retraction for a story about KFC which blurred facts and commentary, according to the Media Council.
Earlier this year Kentucky Fried Chicken (Bermuda) Ltd filed a complaint about a January 30 article in the Worker’s Voice, which is published by the Bermuda Industrial Union.
That story, by Alvin Williams, stated that KFC had made a recent attempt to decertify the union.
The complaint comes in the midst of a prolonged dispute between the union and the fast food eatery over the existence of a collective bargaining agreement between the parties.
In a statement released yesterday, the council said: “The Media Council has concluded that the article infringed Clause 3 (A) and (C) of the Code in that the article contained an inaccuracy, and the writer failed to distinguish clearly between comment and conjecture and fact.”
As a result of the ruling, the Worker’s Voice will have to publish a correction without comment, saying that the statement was inaccurate.
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Published Jun 13, 2012 at 8:56 am (Updated Jun 13, 2012 at 8:55 am)