BPO Hokkaido Broadcasting Program Last year's Upper House election concluded that it violated broadcasting ethics

BPO Hokkaido Broadcasting Program Last year's Upper House election concluded that it violated broadcasting ethics April 8 18:22

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On the day before the announcement of the Upper House election in July last year, a committee of the Japan Broadcasting Ethics and Program Improvement Organization (BPO) said that Hokkaido Broadcasting Co., Ltd. picked up only certain candidates and broadcasted the program. And that it violated broadcast ethics. "

Hokkaido Broadcasting broadcasted a special feature in Hokkaido's Upper House election announcement last July, which featured only a representative from Hokkaido, Muneo Suzuki, who was planning to run as a proportional representative in a local wide program "Kyoto Doki!"

The BPO Broadcasting Ethics Verification Committee issued a statement on the 8th, setting the criteria that it is desirable for commercial broadcasters to cancel the appearance of candidates for candidates, at least one month before the announcement. "The desks and reporters misunderstood that they had relatively free access to election news before the announcement date."

In addition, "It is clear that only those who are candidates for the candidate will appear in the program and it is clearly edited to impress the viewer strongly, which impairs the fairness and fairness required for election reporting" Concluded that it violated broadcast ethics.

Hokkaido Broadcasting Co., Ltd. commented, "We take seriously the fact that we received an indication of a violation of broadcast ethics. We will work diligently with the opinion statement to prevent recurrence."