Thread by @jonworth, "Have you seen that Express is rebroadcasting one of your Euronews interviews?" [...]

"Have you seen that Express is rebroadcasting one of your Euronews interviews?" @RobHarrison_EU asked me earlier

"What?" I replied

And so they are... here I am saying there is "fear in Brussels at the moment" in a clip on the Daily Express site

A

on fake news

"Have you seen that Express is rebroadcasting one of your Euronews interviews?" @RobHarrison_EU asked me earlier"What?" I repliedAnd so they are... here I am saying there is "fear in Brussels at the moment" in a clip on the Daily Express siteA on fake news

The story is titled "Brussels chaos: UK tells EU it's all set for WTO rules as Australia deal gives huge boost" and is dated yesterday, Saturday 24 April

I have never even spoken to Euronews about the EU-Australia trade deal

The story by @DavidPBMaddox https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1427542/Brexit-trade-deals-Australia-trade-eu-latest-boris-johnson?jwsource=cl

Brussels chaos: UK tells EU it's all set for WTO rules as Australia deal gives huge boost

BRUSSELS has been warned that significant progress towards a major trade deal with Australia is a sign that Britain can "thrive outside the EU".

https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1427542/Brexit-trade-deals-Australia-trade-eu-latest-boris-johnson?jwsource=cl

I have also looked at the code - the clip is not an embed of video from somewhere else. The file is hosted by The Express

Perhaps one for @euronews to follow up there...

But there's more...

So what *is* the clip they are using?

It's an interview I did with @jackeparrock on

8th February

It's almost 10 weeks old!

And the subject of my interview?

The setting up of the Conference on the Future of Europe, something that has *nothing to do* with a UK-Australia deal, Brexit or WTO rules

I cannot find the original video on the Euronews website, but the exact same words I speak in the clip the Daily Express uses are written up in this article by Euronews https://www.euronews.com/2021/02/07/juncker-calls-for-eu-austerity-rethink-as-maastricht-treaty-turns-29

Juncker calls for EU austerity rethink as Maastricht Treaty turns 29

As the foundational treaty of the EU turns 29, leaders past and present are reflecting on the development of the bloc, and what comes next. #BrusselsBureau

https://www.euronews.com/2021/02/07/juncker-calls-for-eu-austerity-rethink-as-maastricht-treaty-turns-29

So a 10 week old clip, about a completely different topic, is used in a Daily Express story, and the key words they choose are "at the moment"

I'm loathe to use the term normally, but there's only one way to describe this: fake news

/ends

OK, IPSO complaint now submitted...

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