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Its programmes for minorities are not to be hidden away in the small hours but are part of the diversity available at prime time. It is popular in that over a period of time it reaches a significant proportion of the population. It does not ‘import’ its programmes from ‘foreign’ sources but is culturally in tune with its audience, producing most of the output itself. It provides useful and necessary things – things of the quality asked for, but also unexpected pleasures. Above all, it is editorially free from interference by political, commercial or other interests, serving only one master to whom it remains essentially accountable – its public.

It would be wrong to include a key statement but to omit an essential qualification through lack of time. On the other hand, facts can often be edited out and included more economically in the introductory cue material. It is often possible to remove some or all of the interviewer’s questions, letting the interviewee continue. If the interviewee has a stammer, or pauses for long periods, editing can obviously remove these gaps. However, it would be unwise to remove them completely, as this may alter the nature of the individual voice.

Every morning the system is routinely checked by a maintenance technician. Intermittent faults are particularly troublesome and may require a measure of detective work. It is in everyone’s interest to record any technical incident, however slight, in order to maintain high operational standards. 3 Ethics If you put ‘media ethics’ into an Internet search engine such as ‘Google’, you are likely to be confronted by well over 3 million websites. Such is the concern, interest and serious intent of the overwhelming number of the world’s journalists and broadcasters – that there is a right and a wrong way of going about these things, that the practicality of ‘truth’ is paramount, and that a properly informed public is a highly desirable objective.

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