Dame Melanie Scores-on-the Dawes of Ofcom wibbled and wobbled around 'strengthening the regulation' of news channels during an election period this morning, and revealed she'd used focus groups to identify common themes. In the small print, it's clear she's solicited the opinions of viewers already used to GB News and TalkTV to inform this new rigour, or lack of it: "Of the 29 focus groups, this included 11 with audiences of channels where politicians have been presenting current affair programmes more regularly."
So members of political parties who are not candidates will be allowed to present 'current affairs' programmes during an election campaign. Nonsense.
Imagine canvassing a group of Telegraph readers about Telegraph style and content, and expecting anything other than an endorsement of current practice....
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