Ofcom finds BBC guilty of impartiality breaches over Ruth Davidson interview
by Severin Carrell Scotland editor from World news | The Guardian on (#61S9D)
Regulator says World at One failed to properly balance suggestions democracy had become corrupted under SNP government
The BBC was guilty of breaching impartiality rules when it allowed the then Scottish Conservative leader, Ruth Davidson, to accuse the Scottish government of corruption on air.
The broadcasting regulator Ofcom said BBC Radio 4's news programme World at One had failed to properly balance Davidson's allegations, made during a long interview last year on the controversies surrounding the Alex Salmond inquiry by the Scottish parliament.
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