PBS found guilty again by the Broadcasting Authority over Budget advertisements

In four decisions by the Broadcasting Authority, PBS has once again been found guilty of broadcasting partisan political advertising, violating its obligation to impartiality, and breaching a Broadcasting Authority directive regarding Budget advertis

By: independent.com.mt

Jan 06 2025
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PBS found guilty again by the

After the Public Broadcasting Services continued to defy a court order and kept airing political advertisements, the Broadcasting Authority instructed PBS not to broadcast any Budget-related advertisement without its approval.

PBS violated this directive multiple times and was consequently found guilty of airing these advertisements illegally, the PN said.

PBS was fined tens of thousands of euro for each of these breaches. The PN said it hopes these fines will be paid by those who broke the law and not by the Maltese and Gozitan people.

TVM buried this news in its bulletin by broadcasting it on Christmas Eve, with the decisions being read at 8:30pm, towards the end of the bulletin.

The news was delivered in a way that was incomprehensible, with no reference to the cases PBS was found guilty of, nor the fact that it was the PN that lodged these complaints.

Out of weakness, Robert Abela continues to compel PBS to break the law by illegally broadcasting propaganda advertisements in favour of the Labour Government, the PN said.

The PN will continue to take all necessary measures to ensure that Robert Abela and his Government stop using the station, which is supposed to serve the people, as if it were Super One 2.

See the Broadcasting Authority's decisions here.