News (6pm), Radio 3, 24 April 2024

Complaint

The bulletin included a report concerning the ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) that Israel should halt its military offensive in Gaza which began: 鈥淚srael has reacted with fury to a ruling from the UN鈥檚 highest court鈥.聽 A viewer complained that this departed from impartiality because it framed the report from the perspective of the 鈥済uilty party鈥, suggesting Israel was entitled to some kind of right of reply to the findings of an impartial court.


Outcome

The significant development in the ongoing story at that point was the reaction of the Israeli government.聽 The ECU considered the report鈥檚 focus on that reaction implied nothing as to the impartiality or otherwise of the ICJ or Israel鈥檚 rights in the matter, and involved no departure from the 主播大秀鈥檚 own standards of impartiality.

Not upheld