Ed Miliband Is Being Used As A Stock Picture On American TV News

    A picture of the former Labour leader blowing his nose was used by NBC News to illustrate a segment about the flu season.

    Ed Miliband made a surprising appearance on late night US television on Sunday night.

    A picture of the former Labour leader blowing his nose was used by NBC on its Nightly News programme to illustrate a segment about the risks of the flu season.

    The channel has yet to clarify whether the use of a picture of Miliband was deliberate or not.

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

    This is not the first time Miliband has made an unlikely appearance in American media; in October, the MP was pictured in a story on an alt-right website about someone who claimed to have arranged for Hillary Clinton to have sex with men and women.

    Today’s US election alt-right madness: Hillary Clinton’s ‘[hitman/]fixer to set up exploits for her with both men a… https://t.co/RQQp8Chyf0

    BuzzFeed News has reached out to Ed Miliband's office for comment.