Ex-UK Labour chief pops up as ‘sick man’ on American TV

A photograph of the former leader of Britain’s Labour Party was used to illustrate someone sick with the flu during a television segment on flu season on American television network.

While the NBC newscaster relays that “flu season has arrived” and that “there’s concern not enough people are getting a flu shot,” a photograph of Ed Miliband blowing his nose appears on the screen, which was reportedly taken at a Labour Party conference in 2011, according to The Guardian.

NBC seemed to use Miliband’s image as an illustrative photo without knowing who he is.

Miliband, who is Jewish, was the leader of the Labour Party from 2010 to 2015, after defeating his brother David Miliband in the leadership battle.

He resigned in May 2015 after Labour was thumped by the Conservative Party in a general election.

Flu season is the worst! Tonight on @NBCNightlyNews… everything you need to know about this year's flu:( https://t.co/asn5L2Yrq5

— Gadi Schwartz (@GadiNBC) December 19, 2016

This was not the first occasion that Miliband’s image has been previously misused.

In October, a photo of Miliband was featured in an article on alt-right website, in which he was alleged to be a “paid fixer” to find partners for a “sex-obsessed” Hillary Clinton, BuzzFeed noted.

Today’s US election alt-right madness: Hillary Clinton’s ‘[hitman/]fixer to set up exploits for her with both men and women’ is…Ed Miliband. pic.twitter.com/AVOTBHA4sR

— Nick Stylianou ???? (@nmsonline) October 25, 2016