A Presentation by students studying MA Multimedia Broadcast Journalism and MA Multimedia International Journalism at University College Falmouth.
The topic of this presentation is impartiality on the media.
Brought to you by Ali Gibson, Tom Allan, Owen Pye and Daphne Zheng.
16. BBC mission: To enrich people's lives with programmes and services that inform, educate and entertain
17. Section 5 of the Broadcasting Code – Due Impartiality and Due Accuracy and Undue Prominence of Views and Opinions.’ “ Due impartiality does not mean an equal division of time has to be given to every view, or that every argument and every facet of every argument has to be represented.”
19. “ The BBC’s Charter requires us to produce comprehensive, authoritative and impartial coverage of news and current affairs… It specifies that we should do all we can to treat controversial subjects with due accuracy and impartiality in our news services… It also states that the BBC is forbidden from expressing an opinion on current affairs or matters of public policy other than broadcasting.”
20. “ It requires us to be fair and open minded when examining the evidence and weighing all the material facts, as well as being objective and even handed in our approach to a subject. It does not require the representation of every argument or facet of every argument on every occasion or an equal division of time for each view.” Section 4 of the BBC Editorial Guidelines
21. BBC Editorial Guidelines “ Presenters, reporters and correspondents are the public face and voice of the BBC, they can have a significant impact on the perceptions of our impartiality.”
22. “ Impartiality is no excuse for insipid programming. It allows room for fair-minded, evidence-based judgments by senior journalists and documentary makers, and for controversial, passionate and polemical arguments by contributors and writers.” Safeguarding Impartiality and Trust in the 21 st century
27. The media during the Chinese Culture Revolution A story- The insurrection was squashed by Beijing Government A Paper named Media Soldiers One of government leaders Deng Xiaoping A picture of the insurrection
28. A documentary of Chinese Culture Revolution By the media in 1970s---On the side of Government Approval of government
35. “ If viewers spent an equal amount of time watching Fox’s ‘Special Report’ as ABC’s ‘World News’ and NBC’s ‘Nightly News,’ then they would receive a nearly perfectly balanced version of the news”
36. Fox News at its biased best… http:// www.youtube.com/wat ch?v =u7v1vpZcQJQ
37. “ Some analysts believe that cable channels, as they reach saturation point in terms of new audiences, are creating these confrontational shows or personalities to draw viewers in – in effect, more entertainment-like programming.”
38. George Carlin on PBS http://www.youtube.com/wat ch?v=sDlM_mk6-94
39. Is it realistic for broadcasters to be impartial? Farfahinne
