BBC journalist Laura Kuenssberg was “given a bodyguard” after receiving a torrent of threats during the general election campaign, according to reports.
The political editor was targeted by online trolls who claimed the journalist’s reporting of the campaign was biased.
Much of the abuse was levelled by Jeremy Corbyn supporters ahead of the June 8 vote.
According to The Spectator, Ms Kuenssberg was so badly threatened bosses were forced to issue a bodyguard as she toured the country.
In his weekly column for the magazine, former editor Charles Moore said: “Early in the campaign, Kuenssberg was assailed by Labour supporters. But later on, and in the post-election recriminations, it was Conservative supporters who were the more annoyed with her.
“Perhaps this is simply explained by the fact Labour did better than expected and the Tories did worse.
“However, the bit the Tories haven’t said in public but keep complaining about in private is that the BBC never reported that Kuenssberg was so badly threatened online by Corbyn supporters that she was given personal protection.”
Mr Moore, who is also former editor of The Daily Telegraph, said the information had been “informally confirmed” to him within the BBC.
