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Iran's Press TV censured in the UK for interview with arrested journalist

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RickHolland
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Perhaps because Press TV has been a success in its first few years of existence, covering the "other side" of events, it has begun to upset Western Jewish media gatekeepers.

Now British regulators are beginning to strike at Press TV more formally.

Something called "Ofcom," a kind of British FCC, just ruled that Press TV "is responsible for a serious breach of UK broadcasting rules."

http://www.thedailybell.com/2388/Irans-Press-TV-Comes-Under-Attack-in-Britain.html

Ofcom has ruled that Iran's state-run Press TV is responsible for a serious breach of UK broadcasting rules and could face a fine for airing an interview with Maziar Bahari, the Newsweek journalist arrested covering the Iranian presidential election in 2009, that was obtained by force while he was held in a Tehran jail.

In July 2009 Press TV, which has a bureau in west London, aired what it said was an interview with Bahari following his arrest in the previous month, days after he had filed a report to Channel 4 News and Newsweek about an attack in Tehran during a post-election demonstration.

The UK media regulator has been investigating the complaint by Bahari, who spent 118 days in jail, since last summer.

In its ruling on the complaint published on Monday, Ofcom said it regards the breaches to be of a "serious nature" and is now considering if the case "warrants the imposition of a sanction''.

http://www.allvoices.com/s/event-9187827/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ndWFyZGlhbi5jby51ay9tZWRpYS8yMDExL21heS8yMy9pcmFuLXByZXNzLXR2LW1hemlhci1iYWhhcmk=


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Posted : 25/05/2011 3:07 pm
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