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Impartiality – Ofcom retreats from a Fox News future
Remember these headlines? TV news ‘a turn-off for young and ethnic minorities’: Ofcom says solution could be to axe impartiality rules: BBC fears lost generation as audiences dwindle – The Guardian Ofcom may give all-clear for politically biased news – The Times US-style TV news to pull in younger viewers – The Evening Standard Yes.…
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Ofcom and impartiality
UK broadcast regulator Ofcom consults (= “lets people vent”) today on impartiality and news. The event’s at Reuters HQ in Canary Wharf. I’ll be going along. These events usually have an agenda, and this one appears to be an attempt to get out of regulating on traditional impartiality grounds all the TV news channels that…
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Sky News: never wrong for long?
Andrew Marr should think before he criticises Sky News on the “never wrong for long” front. Here is what he told the Lords: “I do think (the BBC is) different and we have to stay different,” he told the House of Lords communication committee. “This is most acute in the age of 24-hour news because…
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The myth of press freedom in Dubai
So what price press freedom for the occupants of Dubai’s Media City? Now that the Dubai authorities have shut down two independent UAE-based TV channels (GEO and ARY), it all looks a little bit wobbly. The test comes, and the UAE caves in. But in all of this, few questions have been asked about Dubai’s…