An odd addendum to this story. Today the UK broadcast regulator, Ofcom, found Fox News in breach of the UK Broadcast Code for broadcasting this footage.
PP52-56 of http://stakeholders.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/enforcement/broadcast-bulletins/obb222/obb222.pdf I'm not sure how much international rebroadcast carriage Fox News gets, but it is rebroadcast by Sky in the UK (with British commercials as well as filler material), and therefore subject to UK broadcast regulation. Aside from being in breach, it suffers no other penalty. It takes quite a lot of wrongdoing before a financial penalty is imposed in the UK, and even then, the fines are relatively modest. However repeated or serious breaches would end up leading to a licence being withdrawn. However, I can think of no "serious" broadcaster for whom that has happened. Adam On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 4:43 AM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 7:09 PM, Jon Delfin <[email protected]> wrote: > > ... this mistake was the result of a severe human > > error and we apologize for what viewers ultimately saw on the screen.” > > Serves them right for hiring severe humans > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
