United Kingdom: : Decision on Vox-Pop interviews about police not duly impartial or accurate

• Autores: David Goldberg
• Localización: IRIS: Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory, ISSN-e 1023-8565, Nº. 5, 2015, págs. 16-17
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Channel 4 News broadcast an item on 6 March 2014 concerning possible corruption in the London Metropolitan Police (MPS), as well as, in another situation, the role of undercover policing. The item involved, to a small extent, a reporter conducting “vox-pop” interviews with five individuals in an area of South London, defined as “recorded interviews with members of the public talking informally in public places about particular topics.” The (London) Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) complained to Ofcom that the item was neither duly accurate nor duly impartial (the MPS, additionally, complained of unjust or unfair treatment in the programme as broadcast). The reporter asked five people the question: “Do you trust the police?” All the respondents answered in the negative.