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Russian RT news channel editor-in-chief accuses UK media regulator of
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World
November 11, 14:26 UTC+3
"Just as we have launched our TV channel in Britain, they are threatening
to revoke our license upon biased accusations," says Margarita Simonyan
Margarita Simonyan
(c) ITAR-TASS/Maxim Shemetov
MOSCOW, November 11. /TASS/. RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan said on
Tuesday accusations by a British media regulator Ofcom of the Russian
channel's biased coverage of Ukraine amount to censorship.
"Just as we have launched our TV channel in Britain, they are threatening
to revoke our license upon biased accusations. Democracy as it is,"
Simonyan wrote on her Twitter microblog on Tuesday.
"They believe our coverage of Ukraine was biased. We have found a ton of
examples of the BBC bias on Ukraine and called Ofcom," she wrote, adding
that the only answer was that the regulator does not oversee the BBC.
(c) EPA/ERIK S. LESSER
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RT claims in particular refer to the BBC's coverage of Ukraine in the first
week of March.
Simonyan said Ofcom has not even concealed that it is pressuring the
Russian TV channel to change its editorial policy. "We will not change our
editorial policy, despite the pressure," she said, adding that RT is the
only source of alternative information for the British audience.
The UK communications authority published a bulletin on Monday saying that
RT wants "to present the news from a Russian perspective" but all news must
be presented with "due impartiality ... in particular, when reporting on
matters of major political controversy."
In late October, RT launched a news channel dedicated for the audience in
the United Kingdom in an effort to "challenge dominant power structures in
Britain by broadcasting live and original programming with a progressive UK
focus."
Launched in December 2005, RT's network now consists of three global news
channels broadcasting in English, Spanish and Arabic. RT UK's sister
channel, RT America, airs from a studio based in Washington, DC.
http://en.itar-tass.com/world/759103
censorship
World
November 11, 14:26 UTC+3
"Just as we have launched our TV channel in Britain, they are threatening
to revoke our license upon biased accusations," says Margarita Simonyan
Margarita Simonyan
(c) ITAR-TASS/Maxim Shemetov
MOSCOW, November 11. /TASS/. RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan said on
Tuesday accusations by a British media regulator Ofcom of the Russian
channel's biased coverage of Ukraine amount to censorship.
"Just as we have launched our TV channel in Britain, they are threatening
to revoke our license upon biased accusations. Democracy as it is,"
Simonyan wrote on her Twitter microblog on Tuesday.
"They believe our coverage of Ukraine was biased. We have found a ton of
examples of the BBC bias on Ukraine and called Ofcom," she wrote, adding
that the only answer was that the regulator does not oversee the BBC.
(c) EPA/ERIK S. LESSER
CNN International withdraws from Russia
RT claims in particular refer to the BBC's coverage of Ukraine in the first
week of March.
Simonyan said Ofcom has not even concealed that it is pressuring the
Russian TV channel to change its editorial policy. "We will not change our
editorial policy, despite the pressure," she said, adding that RT is the
only source of alternative information for the British audience.
The UK communications authority published a bulletin on Monday saying that
RT wants "to present the news from a Russian perspective" but all news must
be presented with "due impartiality ... in particular, when reporting on
matters of major political controversy."
In late October, RT launched a news channel dedicated for the audience in
the United Kingdom in an effort to "challenge dominant power structures in
Britain by broadcasting live and original programming with a progressive UK
focus."
Launched in December 2005, RT's network now consists of three global news
channels broadcasting in English, Spanish and Arabic. RT UK's sister
channel, RT America, airs from a studio based in Washington, DC.
http://en.itar-tass.com/world/759103