LONDON — RT, the state-owned Russian news channel, was reprimanded by Britain’s communications watchdog Monday for airing biased and misleading reports on Ukraine and Syria.
Ofcom found “significant” breaches of U.K. broadcasting rules in three separate programs screened by RT last year. It ordered the news channel to broadcast statements correcting two of the reports, but stopped short of imposing a fine.
With the latest findings, RT has been found in breach of U.K. regulations 14 times since it began broadcasting a decade ago.
RT, formerly Russia Today, has been increasingly prominent in Britain in recent years, advertising itself as an alternative to …read more
Source: European Voice
