Media / Talk of the Trade: Judging system courts disaster
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This development is a direct consequence of the Broadcasting Act, which removed the Independent Television Commission's right to judge controversial programmes before transmission. The most famous attempt at government intervention, in Death on the Rock in 1988, was stymied when the then Independent Broadcasting Authority let Thames screen it. The ITC is deeply concerned about last week's precedent, with good reason.
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