Post by Teddy Bear on Aug 22, 2008 23:07:20 GMT
Given the number of scams and scandals most of the TV media companies in Britain have been involved in, it will come as no surprise that there is a decrease in trust by the viewing public. I wouldn't normally have bothered even to include this article which reports on a recent poll finding which confirms this if that's all there was to this. However, the really disturbing facet of this story is what the BBC are claiming, which is ...has produced its own figures suggesting trust in the BBC has recovered.
Recovered???
In their dreams, but they believe if they can state stuff like this people will believe it. It shows one of ways the BBC influences opinion, and why in reality there is even less credibility in BBC output.
Recovered???
In their dreams, but they believe if they can state stuff like this people will believe it. It shows one of ways the BBC influences opinion, and why in reality there is even less credibility in BBC output.
Three in four don't trust television
Only one in four of the population say they trust television, a year on from a series of rigged competition scandals and editorial deception.
By Chris Irvine
Last Updated: 1:54PM BST 22 Aug 2008
Research by consultancy Deloitte shows that over a third of the public do not trust television, with a further third expressing no view either way, while only two per cent "strongly agree" that they trust British TV.
Last year saw a spate of scandals on some of the BBC’s biggest charity shows, Channel 4’s Richard and Judy, ITV’s Saturday night shows and a mis-leading BBC1 clip of the Queen.
ITV was fined a record £5.67 million in May for cheating viewers out of millions of pounds in premium-rate phone-in competitions.
The biggest culprit was Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, where producers routinely rigged competitions by picking winners on the basis of geographical convenience.
Earlier this month, the commercial broadcaster announced a 28 percent fall in half-yearly profits.
The Deloitte study also found 87% of industry executives believed trust in television had decreased as a result of the revelations.
Among those surveyed, two-thirds who distrusted television said they lost their trust as a result of the deception scandals.
The BBC, which introduced a range of measures designed to restore faith, has produced its own figures suggesting trust in the BBC has recovered.
Executives are gather for this weekend’s Edinburgh International Television Festival.
Peter Fincham, the BBC1 controller who lost his job over the row about the Queen documentary and is now director of television at ITV, will deliver the keynote MacTaggart lecture.
The theme of the festival is "I love TV" and part of the aim is to refocus attention on the talent and creativity in the sector, with onscreen stars Jamie Oliver, Richard and Judy, and Sharon Osborne address the delegates.
Only one in four of the population say they trust television, a year on from a series of rigged competition scandals and editorial deception.
By Chris Irvine
Last Updated: 1:54PM BST 22 Aug 2008
Research by consultancy Deloitte shows that over a third of the public do not trust television, with a further third expressing no view either way, while only two per cent "strongly agree" that they trust British TV.
Last year saw a spate of scandals on some of the BBC’s biggest charity shows, Channel 4’s Richard and Judy, ITV’s Saturday night shows and a mis-leading BBC1 clip of the Queen.
ITV was fined a record £5.67 million in May for cheating viewers out of millions of pounds in premium-rate phone-in competitions.
The biggest culprit was Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, where producers routinely rigged competitions by picking winners on the basis of geographical convenience.
Earlier this month, the commercial broadcaster announced a 28 percent fall in half-yearly profits.
The Deloitte study also found 87% of industry executives believed trust in television had decreased as a result of the revelations.
Among those surveyed, two-thirds who distrusted television said they lost their trust as a result of the deception scandals.
The BBC, which introduced a range of measures designed to restore faith, has produced its own figures suggesting trust in the BBC has recovered.
Executives are gather for this weekend’s Edinburgh International Television Festival.
Peter Fincham, the BBC1 controller who lost his job over the row about the Queen documentary and is now director of television at ITV, will deliver the keynote MacTaggart lecture.
The theme of the festival is "I love TV" and part of the aim is to refocus attention on the talent and creativity in the sector, with onscreen stars Jamie Oliver, Richard and Judy, and Sharon Osborne address the delegates.