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Ofcom's broadcasting code, section 7.11 states: "If a programme alleges wrongdoing or incompetence or makes other significant allegations, those concerned should normally be given an appropriate and timely opportunity to respond".
"Both programmes included significant allegations about Lord McAlpine, which turned out to be wholly untrue.
"In particular, the programme made some significant allegations without offering an appropriate and timely opportunity to respond," Ofcom said.
But yesterday Mr Starmer said: "Sean Hoare, who made significant allegations in the New York Times and elsewhere, was interviewed by the police but refused to comment.
I also understand that the Ofcom Broadcasting Code also states that the subjects of significant allegations must be given a 'timely opportunity to respond'".
Under the new protocol, Mr. Lewis and his team would only investigate "significant" allegations, like those involving potential crimes or top executives.
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He said it was a significant allegation that money from the interior ministry had supposedly funded systematic doping over decades.
Statements about King "amounted to a significant allegation about his scientific views and credibility", to which he had not been given the opportunity to respond.
The most significant allegation made against Mr. el-Hage in the new documents is that after returning to Kenya on Feb. 22, 1997, he "played a prominent role in motivating the Kenyan cell into organizing for violent action".
The Polish authorities are far less forthcoming than the airport staff, whose testimony is seen as some of the most significant since allegations about the CIA flights were first published in the Guardian last year.
The prosecutors have been pursuing one significant accounting allegation, which has some indirect ties to Mr. Fastow, these people said.
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