Press TV under investigation

10 Jun 10 | Uncategorized

The Independent reports this morning that Ofcom is to investigate Iranian news channel Press TV. Index on Censorship contributor Maziar Bahari complained that the station broadcast an interview he gave while under interrogation in Tehran’s Evin prison in the aftermath of last year’s contested Iranian presidential elections.

Index editor Jo Glanville is quoted as saying that no self-respecting reporter should work for the channel, adding “The way they behaved by going into the prison in that way and essentially colluding with the torture and illegal detention of a journalist should finish their reputation once and for all in [the UK].”

Channel 4 News will be screening a special report on Press TV at 7pm tonight (10 June).

David Cameron: offensive?

29 Jul 09 | Uncategorized

Is this
a) inappropriate
b) offensive
c) funny
d) harmless
e) all of the above
f) none of the above

Ofcom’s not sure:
Twat: Very polarising; female sexual anatomy word; offensive esp. to British Asian females and some women from other groups, but many esp. men think it is an everyday word and quite mild.

Cameron’s apologised, just in case.