Due Impartiality News Today

Hello. Fresh from an election victory, that critics say was rigged, Vladimir Putin has been addressing supporters in moscows red square. He has another six year term in office, having already led russia longer than any ruler since stalin. The kremlin says he won more than 87 of the vote. But there was no real opposition, with his main critics either injail, in exile, or dead. So, with such an iron grip on power, why bother with elections at all . Its about claiming legitimacy, say his opponents,...

The bbc news is that theyve released some new guidelines for presenters and personalities use of social media. News people have to stick to the rules of being completely impartial and not say anything controversial which is all has been the case, but presenters of certain flagship programmes like much of the day your antiques roadshow have been told they cant tweet anything that might be considered controversial while their shows on air orjust before or after they are on air. This is a reaction ...

GB News is facing a fresh impartiality row after Ofcom launched an investigation into its question and answer session with Rishi Sunak.

Protecting TV and radio audiences from fake news requires a delicate balance of accuracy, impartiality, and freedom of speech, finds Meg Carter , after a series of high profile cases of misleading claims about covid-19 Covid-19 may no longer lead the UK media’s news agenda, but concern about covid misinformation remains. This is perhaps especially pertinent in the broadcast media, after several recent investigations and high profile rulings by Ofcom, the regulator responsible for ensuring stan...

The parliamentarians strongly condemned the programme for launching an irresponsible attack against Baroness Kishwer Falkner and the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).

Baroness Falkner of Margravine, chairman of the Equality and Human Rights Commission had been subject of vile abuse, amid a slew of complaints alleging bullying and transphobia.

Broadcasters are being reminded about the regulatory rules regarding Politicians acting as presenters during the election period.

This is very much a ukrainian citizens point of view, the whole film. can i ask how you squared that with the important notion of bbc impartiality? well, due impartiality, as you know, is a concept that applies across bbc coverage. this film is only one piece of our overall coverage. what we did was a very authentic piece ofjournalism in circumstances where we couldnt — of eyewitness journalism — and circumstances where independentjournalists couldnt operate in mariupol, as you know, which i...

Maitlis left the BBC earlier this year and said the media was often guilty of ‘normalising’ populist views in the name of balance.

Maitlis left the BBC earlier this year and said the media was often guilty of ‘normalising’ populist views in the name of balance.