Broadcast impartiality

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  • smittims
    Full Member
    • Aug 2022
    • 4516

    #16
    Thanks. Yes, I know the BBC used to have a reputation of being impartial , but I didn't know if it was an official obligation. There have of course been times when they have been (to their credit) more impartial than the government wanted them to be, re.g. during the General Strike of 1926 and the Falklands war.

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    • french frank
      Administrator/Moderator
      • Feb 2007
      • 30596

      #17
      Originally posted by smittims View Post
      Thanks. Yes, I know the BBC used to have a reputation of being impartial , but I didn't know if it was an official obligation.
      It applies to all broadcasters, who are regulated by Ofcom. GB News has frequently been censured. Newspapers can be as biased as their proprietors want.

      It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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      • Serial_Apologist
        Full Member
        • Dec 2010
        • 37920

        #18
        Originally posted by french frank View Post

        Or the tree, if the sundial was there first.
        From what I remember, the sundial had become overshadowed by the subsequent growth of the surrounding trees, and it was intended to move it. But my message was intended "metaphorically".

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