Russian TV channel RT breached due impartiality rules on 29 occasions in four days following the invasion of Ukraine, the UK’s broadcasting regulator has found.
Ofcom investigated RT news bulletins and a documentary broadcast between Feb. 27 and March 2, and found the RT’s coverage “failed to preserve due impartiality in relation to the conflict in the Donbas region of Ukraine.”
Ofcom said it considers the breaches “serious and repeated,” and is “minded to consider them for the imposition of a statutory sanction.”
The regulator noted that broadcasters must comply with its broadcasting code when dealing with “major matters such as wars or areas of conflict” and that this included giving “due weight to a wide range of significant views.”…