BBC issues new reporting code

[UpInArms]

http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=8&theme=&usrsess=1&id=46495

LONDON, June 23. — The BBC today said it is adopting new journalism guidelines as part of its response to the Hutton commission’s criticism of its reporting standards.

BBC director Mr Mark Thompson said that the broadcaster would immediately adopt all the recommendations of an internally commissioned report, including stricter guidelines on live-to-air reports, the use of anonymous sources and note-taking. These were all issues in the report by former BBC radio reporter Andrew Gilligan, who set off a battle with the government by saying Mr Tony Blair’s September 2002 dossier on Iraqi WMD included material which officials probably knew was false.

The report said the broadcaster should continue to report stories based on a single source but “only where the story is one of significant public interest and the correct procedures have been followed.”

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[mom cat]

1. WTF! Gilligan has been proven right over and over!

[CharlesGroce]

2. The UK is Rupert's territory

now. Unless people start caring about this issue, the issue of independent media.