04-04-2023, 01:51 PM
(03-04-2023, 07:20 PM)Stockland Hillman Wrote: The law and Broadcasting Code has been more of less the same since Ofcoms inception. It has the same licence class as Sky News, they just choose to run more regulated News content, but have run non regulated news shows such as the Pledge and the Climate Show - was that a disgrace too?
Confused as to the issue
I can't quite tell if you are being provocative, obtuse or if you genuinely think that:
A channel showing rolling news coverage with a few features and documentaries as off-peak fillers
and
A channel showing (often unbalanced) discussion and debate with a few minutes of news per hour
are comparable? They are apples and oranges, one just happens to brand itself as the other in its name and strapline to mislead viewers.
Repeatedly telling us that it's ok under ofcom rules isn't the killer argument you think it is; it's a good argument that ofcom's rules aren't fit for purpose. If a channel wants to describe itself as "Britain's News Channel" it has to expect that the average viewer will expect it to be providing impartial news content like every other UK TV news outlet is required to, and that is the standard that the regulator should be holding it to.