Ed Miliband orders the Canary to delete false claim about Laura Kuenssberg
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Ed Miliband today lashed out at hyper-partisan site the Canary and demanded it delete an article attacking BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg.
The former Labour leader took a stand after the so-called news site questioned her impartiality after she was invited to speak at a Conservative conference event.
Ms Kuenssberg was down as an "invited speaker" at a fringe hosted by the Centre for Social Justice thinktank - run by Iain Duncan Smith.
The leftwing site ran the article under the headline: "We need to talk about Laura Kuenssberg. She’s listed as a speaker at the Tory Party conference."
But after the Canary published its story the BBC clarified that she would not be speaking. BuzzFeed also contacted the event organisers who confirmed the same.
Mr Miliband took to Twitter to demand the Canary correct the story if not delete it.
It is common for conference fringe event organisers to publish a list of their invited speakers - but it indicates no suggestion they will actually speak.
Ms Kuenssberg hit the spotlight again this week after it was revealed a security detail had been hired to protect her from hate-filled activists at the Labour conference.
She has been subject to masses of misogynistic abuse as well as threats from campaigners on both the left and right who believe her reporting is not impartial.
The BBC today said Ms Kuenssberg was attending both the Labour and Tory conferences to report impartially.
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