Ofcom received 420 complaints about the interview broadcast by the BBC News Channel on 13 December, but has found that the complaints do not raise any issues that would potentially breach Ofcom's broadcasting code.
The interview was conducted by journalist Ben Brown, who interviewed McIntyre after footage of the protestor suggested he was pulled from his wheelchair by police during anti-government demonstrations in London.
The BBC said it received a "considerable number of complaints" about the broadcast, with many viewers concerned that Brown was too challenging in his interview, in particular when he asked McIntyre whether he had rolled towards the police in his wheelchair.
Kevin Bakhurst, controller of the BBC News Channel, defended the interview in a blog post at the time: "I have reviewed the interview a few times and I would suggest that we interviewed Mr McIntyre in the same way that we would have questioned any other interviewee in the same circumstances: it was quite a long interview and Mr McIntyre was given several minutes of airtime to make a range of points, which he did forcefully; Ben challenged him politely but robustly on his assertions."
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