Press Ombudsman receives 52 complaints about Covid-19 reporting

Of the complaints dealt with, 204 referred to national newspapers, 27 to online-only news publications, and 23 to local newspapers.

Members of the public made 52 complaints in relation to media coverage of the Covid-19 pandemic to the Press Ombudsman last year, although just one complaint was upheld in relation to a breach of privacy.

That’s according to the 2020 annual report of the Press Ombudsman Peter Feeney, who received a total of 347 complaints last year, an increase on complaints in 2019 (252).