Ofcom: effective media regulator or a place for politicians to hide their awkward stuff?

Critics say Ofcom has been ‘too stand back’ in regulating the BBC and ‘wholly ineffective’ in its oversight of local radio iburrell reports

Meanwhile, the same regulator must protect us from scammers, while ensuring thatThe media world has changed beyond recognition since Ofcom emerged in 2003, when Facebook did not exist and Netflix was sending DVDs to subscribers by post.

It was created to simplify a complex media regulatory system made up of five organisations that resisted the concept of a super watchdog that would monitor communications networks and the content they generate. , belatedly announced an analysis of audience attitudes towards politicians hosting shows on news channels.Conservative MP Nadine Dorries launched her TalkTV show in February by interviewing Boris Johnson, her political mentor, and then a party colleague.after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt was interviewed before the Budget by husband-and-wife presenters Philip Davies and Esther McVey, both Tory MPs.

Ofcom is investigating Alex Salmond, leader of the Alba Party in Scotland, after he hosted a TalkTV show which allegedly undermined the Scottish National Party, which he formerly led. Rob Burley, former head of the BBC’s live political programmes, says these new channels have been allowed to operate “with impunity” by Ofcom.

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