
The Dorset Echo has been censured by the Press Complaints Commission over a story headlined ‘Mum’s plea over organ donations’which was inaccurate and intrusive.
The man who complained suffered from cystic fibrosis and the story in question reported that his mother said he needed a new heart and lungs.
The complainant said that his mother had been asked questions by a journalist on her views of current events, during which she said she favoured a scheme where people ‘opt out’rather than ‘opt in’to approve organ donations because of her son’s illness.
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