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Independent TV regulator Ofcom has ruled ITV “misled” viewers after claiming footage of video game ARMA 2 was of a real-life IRA attack from 1988.

Following an investigation, Ofcom released a statement noting a "significant breach of audience trust" from the British broadcaster with documentary Exposure: Gaddafi and the IRA.

“We take into account that ITV: apologised; removed the programme from its catch-up video-on-demand service; and has now put in place various changes to its compliance procedures to ensure such incidents do not happen in future,” it reads. “However, the viewers of this serious current affairs programme were misled as to the nature of the material they were watching.”

ITV apologised shortly after a number of complaints were submitted in September last year, claiming "an unfortunate case of human error".

Source: BBC (via TheSixthAxis)

 

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