The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT)-People First Party (PFP) alliance yesterday demanded the Central Election Commission (CEC) look into two TV stations which it said showed bias covering the election campaign.
The two media outlets accused of unbalanced reporting are Taiwan Television Enterprise Ltd (TTV) and Formosa Television (FTV).
Citing data collected by a polling company commissioned by the alliance, spokesman Alex Tsai (
The proportion of time devoted by TTV to reporting on DPP campaigning was less than FTV, but still 2.4 times more than the pan-blue camp received, Tsai said.
"Apart from the letter to the CEC, we also sent letters to the TV stations concerned, asking them to correct their actions and stop generating biased news coverage," Tsai said at a press conference at the alliance's campaign headquarters.
Tsai also said the DPP was monopolizing the media.
Lawyer Wu Chih-yang (吳志揚), who accompanied Tsai at the press conference, suggested that the two TV stations might have violated Article 46 of the Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Law (總統副總統選舉罷免法).
Article 46 stipulates that media outlets provide balanced coverage of election-related issues or events. A maximum fine of NT$2 million applies to breaches of the law.
The alliance yesterday also unveiled its policy on cultural affairs, proposing to establish a ministry on cultural affairs and tourism if KMT Chairman Lien Chan (連戰), the alliance's presidential candidate, wins the election next month.
The alliance also pledged it would work to appropriate an annual budget of at least NT$10 billion for cultural affairs and tourism in order to safeguard the nation's cultural development.
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