ABSTRACT

Television service providers in the UK are required to preserve due impartiality as respects all matters of political or industrial controversy and matters relating to current public policy. In RT v Ofcom, in a judicial review of the regulator’s decisions that the Russian owned television station RT had breached the rules, the Court of Appeal upheld the regulator’s application of the rules and rejected claims that it should have taken account of the balancing effect of a ‘dominant media narrative’ and of RT’s other programming. The court also rejected the claim that the enforcement of the impartiality regime was an infringement of Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights, holding that the regulator's action was necessary in a democratic society in the interests of the protection of the rights of members of that democratic society in general and the viewers of RT in particular. This comment discusses the case and its implications.

摘要

英国的电视服务提供商必须在所有政治或行业争议事项以及与当前公共政策相关的事项方面保持应有的公正性。在RT 诉 Ofcom 案中，在对监管机构关于俄罗斯拥有的电视台 RT 违反规则的决定进行司法审查时，上诉法院维持了监管机构对规则的适用，并驳回了监管机构本应考虑“主导媒体”的平衡效应的主张。叙述'和RT的其他节目。法院还驳回了关于执行公正制度违反《欧洲人权公约》第 10 条的主张，认为监管机构的行动在民主社会中是必要的，以保护公民的权利。整个民主社会，尤其是 RT 的观众。本评论讨论了此案及其影响。