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Re:How objectivity in journalism became a matter of opinion by rsynnott on Thursday July 16, 2020 @09:11AM (#23858620)
> I'm in the UK where TV news still has objectivity regulation

That's only for the BBC, as far as I know. And one could, er, definitely question how well it worked in the last election.

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Re:How objectivity in journalism became a matter of opinion by DanBC on Thursday July 16, 2020 @09:15AM (#23858652)
It should apply to all news covered by OFCOM.

https://www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-on-demand/broadcast-co...

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Re:How objectivity in journalism became a matter of opinion by benlumen on Thursday July 16, 2020 @09:14AM (#23858644)
The BBC is impartial by charter but I think it's for all of them to some degree. Ofcom regulates it. Sky actually stopped carrying Fox News over here because of it.
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