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19-12-2010, 08:50
*BBC DG says British impartiality rules are outdatedDecember 18th, 2010BBC Director-General Mark Thompson surprised many attendees at a Whitehall seminar on impartiality in broadcasting, when he said that British broadcasters should be free to launch an equivalent to Fox News in the UK because existing rules to guarantee impartiality in television were becoming outdated in the era of the internet.Mr Thompson said that as the distinction between the web and television collapses, it no longer makes sense for public service broadcasters such as the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, to have a