Good for the BCC
Radio ads run by the European Commission in
Parts of the ads, paid for by the European Commission’s representation in
But the BCC also found that the majority of ads also carried a political message, which represents a breach of Irish broadcasting advertising regulations.
"The [BCC] was of the view that overall the advertisements of the campaign advocated and promoted EU membership and therefore, were directed towards a political end. Such advertising is prohibited," according to the BCC’s decision reached at its March board meeting.
"The [BCC] is of the opinion that the EU can be considered a political ideal and therefore, advertisements directed in favour of, or promoting, such an ideal may be considered to be political," the report says.
[...] April the Dublin’s independent body dealing with complaints on broadcasting content the BCC found the EU guilty of passing off a political message as independent information and said such acts breached the Irish [...]
[...] EU has already been found guilty of propaganda issued under the guise of information, radio ads run by the European Commission in Ireland have been ruled in breach of Irish media law as they were [...]