Rejected petition broadcast actual news during olympics

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The BBC has been broadcasting the olympics so exclusively that it is failing to report actual current affairs. News such as flash floods across the U.K. and the conflicts in Syria and across North Africa have been reduced to "other news", even though they are of much more genuine importance.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

It is a long-standing principle that the Government does not interfere in programme matters, either on arrangements for scheduling or on content. It is important to maintain the principle of freedom of expression which political interference could undermine.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 6 August 2012
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