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BBC rejects 'Apprentice' contestant's complaint
Published Friday, Jun 22 2007, 11:14 BST | By Joanne Oatts
The BBC Trust has rejected a complaint by former Apprentice contestant Mani Sandher about 'unfair' editing on the show.
Sandher, who appeared in the 2006 series, said he objected to the way he was portrayed when he was making a sales presentation to a buyer at Harrods. He believes it was made to look as though he had not considered a pricing policy for the product he was selling, which he claimed he had. Sandher said this was supported by the rushes of a sequence not used in the broadcast programme.
Sandher complained to the BBC Trust after his initial complaint was not upheld by the BBC Editorial Complaints Unit.
The Trust agreed with the BBC Editorial Complaints Unit's decision saying it "did not consider that the edit had made the complainant look 'foolish', though the BBC Trust did acknowledge that it was not acceptable that the complaint had taken so long to be answered.
BBC deputy director general Mark Byford, and chairman of the complaints management board, has now been asked to investigate the delay.
Sandher, who appeared in the 2006 series, said he objected to the way he was portrayed when he was making a sales presentation to a buyer at Harrods. He believes it was made to look as though he had not considered a pricing policy for the product he was selling, which he claimed he had. Sandher said this was supported by the rushes of a sequence not used in the broadcast programme.
Sandher complained to the BBC Trust after his initial complaint was not upheld by the BBC Editorial Complaints Unit.
The Trust agreed with the BBC Editorial Complaints Unit's decision saying it "did not consider that the edit had made the complainant look 'foolish', though the BBC Trust did acknowledge that it was not acceptable that the complaint had taken so long to be answered.
BBC deputy director general Mark Byford, and chairman of the complaints management board, has now been asked to investigate the delay.
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