BBC slammed for misleading viewers because its homepage clock is 'inaccurate'

The BBC has admitted that the clock on its homepage doesn't tell the correct time because it would take 'around 100 staffing days' to put right, and it has taken the decision to remove it from the site. The confession came after a member ofthe public made an official complaint to the BBC Trust's Editorial Standards Committee (ESC) criticising the clock's inaccuracy. He complained after discovering that the analogue-style clock in the top left-hand corner of the site 'merely reproduces the time stored on each individual user's own computer whether this is accurate or not.' An analogue clock was added to the BBC's homepage during a redesign in 2010 yet it doesn't tell the correct time. A member of the public made anofficial complaint to the Editorial Standards Committee (ESC) asking for it to be fixed or be removed. The BBC admitted it wasn't accurate but said it would take around '100 staffing days' to fix The complainant added that the clock was 'inaccurate and misleading' and readers would 'assume' it displayed thecorrect time. It was added to the homepage as part of the site's r edesign in 2010. As explained in the report: 'The complainant said that there is no otherpiece of information the BBC publisheswhich it knows is factually inaccurate or unreliable.