Sarah Smith: errors
BBC bosses were facing mounting criticism on social media this weekend over its response to an inaccurate report by Scotland editor Sarah Smith on the Alex Salmond affair.
During an appearance on Friday at the Scottish Parliament inquiry into the government’s handling of complaints against him, Mr Salmond was asked if he thought his successor as First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, should resign if she was found to have misled parliament.
He said he believed she had broken the ministerial code but it was not for him to suggest what the consequences should be.
However, Ms Smith told viewers of the BBC’s Six O’Clock News that evening that he had said she should resign.