Updated | Labour files complaint over Bondiplus promo
PL file complaint with Broadcasting Authority over Bondiplus promo advertising presence of Labour MP Marlene Pullicino.
14 January 2013, 12:00am
Jurgen Balzan
Jurgen Balzan
1 min read
Updated with PBS comment at 4:11pm
The Public Broadcasting Services have told MaltaToday that a Bondiplus promo was updated accordingly, after Labour filed a complaint with the Broadcasting Authority after the promo featured MP Marlene Farrugia.
Labour registered a complaint with the BA over a promo being broadcast in regards to tomorrow's edition of Bondiplus, which promo said that Marlene Pullicino would be representing Labour when her presence had not yet been confirmed to the producers.
"The promo never said that Farrugia was attending, but that she was invited," a PBS spokesperson said. "In fact once Labour confirmed it wanted candidate Konrad Mizzi to attend, we updated the promo immediately."
In its complaint, Labour urged the BA to "take immediate action to stop this abuse", claiming the promo was in breach of the BA's own circular to PBS which states that television programme promos cannot be aired before the guests' participation is confirmed.
The promo being aired by PBS said Pullicino will be facing finance minister Tonio Fenech to discuss Labour's energy proposals.
Since Labour announced its energy proposals last week, the plans have been fronted by new PL candidate Konrad Mizzi.
In October 2012, a decision by the authority had enraged the Public Broadcasting Services which ruled that political parties have the last word on who should appear on televised political discussion programmes.
The controversial ruling stemmed from Public Broadcasting Services's refusal to accept the Labour Party's decision to send Karmenu Vella instead of Charles Mangion on Bondiplus.
Jurgen Balzan was a MaltaToday reported from 2011 to 2017.
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x sar minnu il kugin tieghek looo?qed nirreferi ghal austin pipi gatt
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Mela sewwa jekk taghmel program fuq it-TVM allahres taghmel xi prodott u ma tghidx li hu riklam(imhabba l-conflict of interest) fuq bicca prodott il-Broadcasting Authority twehlek 500 ewro! Imbaghad flagrant abuse of GonziPN prodott-Bondi, Peppi u Norman u Pierre Portelli kull fil-ghodu f,nofinhar u bir-repetizzjonijiet u ghalkemm jipprotesta.....- dak kollox sewwa ma hemmx conflict of interest?
Fejn qeghdin f'Ewropa jew Timbuktu?
L-Broadcasting Authority qeghda hemm bhala dekorazzjoni tal-Gvern tal-gurnata?
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Unless there is a mistake in this report, the Labour Party is doubly right to complain about this promo. There is no such person as Marlene Pullicino on Labour's list of candidates.
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No cicco, PL's spokespersons must attend. What they must do is a "Franco"! Verbally attack and show up these pseudo journalists when their inbuilt imbalance takes over their mouths, hands and feet. Not to mention, teenage style spectacles, and wise men's white tinged hair. Then the PL should also report to the BA and push for the right of reply to certain situations. Bog them down as much as they try to bog down PL's spokespersons.
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Lou Bondi and Peppi Azzopardi biss jistghu jaghmlu programmi fuq il-PBS? Issa nafu ghala, imma jidher car li din l-istrategija ta makekerija xorta mhix tahdem daqshekk ! Tkomplix tinsulentaw lil udejenza intelligenti! You and peppi are nothing but Nationalists diehards (your right) but have no right to userp the PBS and its supposedly sense of political balance, for your own personal political agenda!
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Lou Bondi and Peppi Azzopardi biss jistghu jaghmlu programmi fuq il-PBS? Issa nafu ghala, imma jidher car li din l-istrategija ta makekerija xorta mhix tahdem daqshekk ! Tkomplix tinsulentaw lil udejenza itelligenti! You and peppi are nothing but Nationalists diehards (your right) but have no right to userp the PBS and its supposedly sense of political balance, for your own personal political agenda!
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Bondi should air his prejudice and political bias on his own TV station and use his capital: not ours!
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Couldn`t agree more with cicco.
Who do they think they are fooling?
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Lou Bondi and Joe Azzopardi should not be allowed to air political programs since they are declared PN supports and even more than that they act in a biased way stopping and pressing PL members all the time while never insists on answers from PN members
