Lord Mandelson triggered a row today after claiming there was a "contract" between the Sun and the Conservative party that could undermine the impartial coverage of the general election by the BBC.
"We understand our responsibility for the biased news that the channel has so far been broadcasting under pressure and on orders from various political forces," he said, adding that the station would from that point on guarantee "full and impartial" coverage of the events roiling Ukraine.
It noted "intimidation of citizens participating in the referendum," and charged that "the media became a one-note mobilization campaign, with the only dissonant note offered by al-Jazeera Mubasher Egypt [which itself] has also failed to provide professional impartial coverage of the referendum process".
BBC News promises "impartial" coverage of issues around the Games in bulletins and on the News channel but, with the corporation's cheerleading and determination to own the event, one suspects the Beeb will be no place for Olympo-sceptics.
Our second challenge is the systemic failure of the media to give fair and impartial coverage of exceptional arts projects outside of London, such as Welsh art prize and organisation Artes Mundi.
In another sign that the already squeezed media landscape is set to narrow further, the leading state news agency RIA Novosti, which was known for its relatively impartial coverage of events in Russia, has also been "liquidated" according to Kremlin decree, in changes that will fully come into effect after it has finished covering the Olympics.
The corporation was already under attack from critics who said it had not been impartial in its coverage of the war in Iraq and the conflict in the Middle East.
I mean, to a point I agree with your sentiment and feel like the whole of the tech "journalism" world has completely abdicated its responsibility to be impartial in its coverage of the Jes… I mean iPhone, but methinks pulling out the ol' "he's a fascist!!" is just a way of saying, essentially, I don't like you.
If reports of private comments made by U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair to News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch Rupert Murdoch are to be believed, even the publicly funded British Broadcasting Corporation, regardless of its reputation for full, accurate and impartial coverage, is "full of hate" for America.
What a perfect example of "fair, balanced, and impartial" coverage!
The Guardian and the Independent are likely to offer impartial coverage.
