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| ATTENTIONAL CEO BACKS ENDING THE UK IMPARTIALITY RULE
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05-10-2009 |
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Attentional CEO, David Graham, has come out in support of ending the impartiality rules applying to TV and radio news and current affairs in the UK. "The freedom of different media to promote their own views in editorial and op-ed pages is a basic right and a key to the vitality of the political life in a democracy. The impartiality rule constrains this right. It may have once been justified -- but no longer." In appearances on BBC Radio 4's The Media Show (Sep 30) and in the trade journal Broadcast, David argued that most people prefer their news to be impartial anyway, making regulation unnecessary. However, he argued that the BBC should continue to obey impartiality rules.
Links: Click here for Broadcast article, and here for The Media Show
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David Graham's blog on growing the UK TV industry
