Submitted on Monday 18th July 2022
Rejected on Wednesday 20th July 2022
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Regulate coverage of Tory leadership campaign to include opposition viewpoints
Parliament should amend broadcast regulations to ensure more balanced political coverage by requiring programmes about the Tory leadership campaign to balance Conservative views with opposition perspectives.
As a result of the Tory leadership contest, for the second time in six years we face an extended period in which Conservative perspectives will be presented in mainstream broadcast political coverage (such as the leadership debates and follow up analysis) without inclusion of opposition views. This is unbalanced and anti democratic. The majority of voters did not vote Conservative and therefore are not represented under this model.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
The Broadcasting Code, which includes duties relating to impartiality and accuracy, covers all broadcast programmes.
You can read the code, including the section on impartiality and accuracy, here: www.ofcom.org.uk/tv-radio-and-on-demand/broadcast-codes/broadcast-code
Decisions about whether a broadcaster has breached the code are a matter for Ofcom, not the Government or Parliament.
If you wish to make a complaint about a TV programme you can find out how to do so here: www.ofcom.org.uk/complaints/complain-about-tv-radio-a-website
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