主播大秀

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Date: 04.03.2005
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"The 主播大秀's guidelines are very clear that payments to convicted criminals are only justifiable when there is exceptional public interest in what a contributor has to say and where there is no other way of obtaining such a contribution.

"Given that Mr Fearon is the only person apart from Tony Martin who is alive and a witness to what happened and because there is currently public controversy about householders' rights to protect their homes from intruders, it is extremely important that the public hear the fullest possible account of the event that led to the death of a 16-year-old boy and the imprisonment of Tony Martin.

"We believe that what Mr Fearon has to say is a contribution which will ensure that the programme is properly balanced and as full a picture as is possible.

"The fact that Mr Fearon was paid will be made clear to viewers in the programme.

"In the end it is for viewers to weigh up the credibility of what Mr Fearon has to say."