Thread by @alexwickham

NEW: Labour declares all out war on the BBC, accusing Panorama of “deliberate and malicious misrepresentations designed to mislead the public” in a detailed rebuttal of tonight’s documentary

This is an astonishing attack on the BBC’s journalism... Labour claims their responses to Panorama have been “misrepresented” by the programme and says the programme has selectively quoted and “deliberately misrepresented” the emails handed to them by hostile ex-staffers

Panorama claims Seumas Milne directly demanded to be involved in the disciplinary process. Full emails released by Labour appear to show the former employee who leaked the emails actually asked Loto for their view first... this was not mentioned by the BBC in its press release

Wow... Labour says the BBC edited a Milne email to delete a line showing he was referring to Jewish members accused of AS

“But if we're more than very occasionally using disciplinary action against Jewish members for anti-Semitism...” doesn’t appear in BBC press release 😬

In other emails released by Labour tonight it emerges that it was former staffer Sam Matthews who actually wrote “I don't think it's a particularly strong case” re alleged anti-Semitism case... Labour says the BBC is reporting the “opposite” of the truth in this case

BBC press release claims Jennie Formby intervened in Jackie Walker’s case, but it doesn’t say how they intervened... turns out according to Labour Formby actually asked for the process against Walker to be sped up... not mentioned by Panorama...

Worth reading previous BuzzFeed News revelations about Labour’s handling of anti-Semitism in light of Sam Matthews buzzfeed.com/alexwickham/le…