How do UK broadcast media deal with covid misinformation?
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 standards in TV and radio programmes. “Covid misinformation has not gone away, particularly around the...
Source: bmj.com