After Mr S’s colleague Camilla Swift wrote of the Twitterstorm that engulfed David Cameron after Andrew Marr claimed on air that the PM had declared foxhunting to be his favourite sport, the presenter has now come clean about the interview.
Marr has admitted to The Spectator on Twitter that he was wrong to claim that Cameron told Countryside Alliance magazine that foxhunting was his favourite sport:
His confession comes after the BBC press office failed to respond to calls for comment from The Spectator. Likewise, Twitter accounts for the BBC Press Office and Andrew Marr Show have remained quiet on the topic, as has the account of Rob Burley, the editor of the Marr Show, despite a tweet from the Countryside Alliance saying that the story was wrong.
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This leads Mr S to wonder why the BBC failed to look into the error after it occurred? Several people suggested on social media that the corporation may have made a mistake in their research, but substantially more people rushed to blast Cameron for something he never said.
Mr S understands that after the show was over, Cameron rounded on Marr, furious with the way he had been treated compared to the other guests Nicola Sturgeon and Vince Cable.
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