Ofcom has launched an investigation into whether ITV breached the broadcasting code by failing to make clear to viewers that a programme depicting a typical night out was actually paid for by ITV.
The regulator received two complaints in April about the programme, one of which has prompted the investigation under section two of the broadcast code, which deals with general harm and offence.
Ofcom will investigate whether or not ITV made it clear to viewers that it paid the bar bill for four young students filmed on a night out in Liverpool. The Tonight investigation, ‘Britain’s Young Drinkers’, was aimed at Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
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