Fox (Faux) News censured for rant at BBC

[Lori Price CLG]

Fox News censured for rant at BBC

Ofcom says Murdoch station broke programme code

Fox (Faux) News, the US news network owned by Rupert Murdoch, has been found in breach of British broadcasting rules for an on-air tirade that accused the BBC of "frothing-at-the-mouth anti-Americanism".

Television regulators said the broadcaster failed to show "respect for truth" in a strongly worded opinion item, broadcast on the day the Hutton report was published, which also accused BBC executives of giving reporters a "right to lie".

Ofcom, which licenses commercial channels shown in Britain regardless of where they are based, received 24 complaints about the remarks. In a ruling published yesterday, it described the offending item as a "damning critique" but said it did not stand up to scrutiny.

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[Miss Authoritiva]

1. This pretty much sums up all of Fox's news programming:

Fox had breached the programme code in three areas: failing to honour the "respect for truth" rule; failing to give the BBC an opportunity to respond; and failing to apply the rule that says, in a personal view section, "opinions expressed must not rest upon false evidence".

Or more succinctly: no respect for truth, no fair chance to respond to attacks, and opinions based upon false evidence, ie, they just make this shit up.

[Moderator]

2. duplicate post

Please continue the discussion in earlier thread:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x622906