Despite the big impact he’s generally recognised to have made on the hacking issue over the last fortnight, it seems Ed Miliband is still having some serious recognition issues even among the political media. After the Today Programme and the internet itself mixed him up with his brother David, and the Telegraph did the same, the effect is spreading.

Guido picked up on the Daily Mirror’s Mili-mixup:

Now the BBC website has managed to follow suit in their live coverage of  PMQs:

This is quite funny, but it leaves Labour with a serious question: if even now, at the height of his performance, journalists mix up Ed Miliband with David Miliband what hope is there that the public know who he is?

Tags: BBC, Coalition, Conservatives, david Miliband, Ed Miliband, Labour, Labour Leadership, Media, opinion, Parliament, PMQs, Politics, Telegraph, Today Programme

Categories: Opinion, Politics

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