Ofcom to review depth of analysis and impartiality of BBC news and current affairs output
Ofcom is set to review the BBC’s news and current affairs output to ensure it remains a relevant and “trusted…
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Ofcom pushes for meeting with LBC bosses after Sadiq Khan interviews Jeremy Corbyn for radio phone-in
Broadcast regulator Ofcom has ruled that an LBC radio phone-in, which featured Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and was hosted by…
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Good Morning Britain breaches Ofcom code after Piers Morgan ‘can’t be bothered’ to read out council statement about homeless SAS veteran
Good Morning Britain breached the broadcasting code when presenter Piers Morgan refused to read out a council’s response to a…
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Ofcom says ‘boundaries between broadcasting and online world are being redrawn’ as it weighs in on regulation of tech giants
Technology giants such as Facebook and Google could be regulated in the same way as broadcasters, according to media regulator Ofcom.…
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Panorama episode on G4S-run youth jail abuses breached Ofcom rules by broadcasting real name of vulnerable teen
An episode of Panorama about the abuse of children at a scandal-hit G4S-run youth jail has been found to be…
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Local radio station appoints news editor after breaching Ofcom impartiality rules on local election polling day
A radio station that breached impartiality rules by predicting local election results on polling day has hired a news editor…
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Alex Salmond Show on RT ‘misled’ viewers with ‘invented’ tweets from people known to the show, Ofcom rules
Ofcom has ruled that RT and Alex Salmond breached broadcasting regulations after it was revealed that four out of six…
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News consumers are pursuing ‘quantity over depth’ as they are ‘overwhelmed’ by 24-hour news cycle, Ofcom research shows
People who are “overwhelmed” by the 24-hour news cycle are prioritising “quantity over depth in their news intake”, according to…
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