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British telecommunications regulator Ofcom has sent a formal warning to news and commentary channel Talk TV urging producers to curb the airing of potentially-offensive material on television.
The warning comes after Ofcom received more than 17,000 viewer complaints following an interview conducted by Julia Hartley-Brewer in which she scolded a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council for interrupting her.
“Maybe you’re not used to women talking, I don’t know, but I’d like to finish the sentence,” Hartley-Brewer curtly told Dr. Mustafa Barghouti during the January 3 interview aired on Talk TV. She concluded the Interview by saying, “sorry to have been a woman speaking to you, but there you are.”
Ofcom said many of the complaints appeared to be “motivated by Dr. Barghouti’s religion or ethnicity,” and that it wouldn’t...
British telecommunications regulator Ofcom has sent a formal warning to news and commentary channel Talk TV urging producers to curb the airing of potentially-offensive material on television.
The warning comes after Ofcom received more than 17,000 viewer complaints following an interview conducted by Julia Hartley-Brewer in which she scolded a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council for interrupting her.
“Maybe you’re not used to women talking, I don’t know, but I’d like to finish the sentence,” Hartley-Brewer curtly told Dr. Mustafa Barghouti during the January 3 interview aired on Talk TV. She concluded the Interview by saying, “sorry to have been a woman speaking to you, but there you are.”
Ofcom said many of the complaints appeared to be “motivated by Dr. Barghouti’s religion or ethnicity,” and that it wouldn’t...
- 4/8/2024
- by Matthew Keys
- The Desk
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