The Taipei District Court on Tuesday ruled against Formosa TV (FTV, 民視) in an administrative lawsuit it filed after it was fined for lack of fact-checking for a political talk show.
The National Communications Commission (NCC) fined FTV NT$400,000, saying that it failed to fact-check the content of an episode of political talk show Hot News 152 (辣新聞152), hosted by Clara Chou (周玉蔻) that was aired on Dec. 20, 2021.
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During the program, an invited guest discussed rumors suggesting that there violations of the Civil Servants Election and Recall Act (公職人員選舉罷免法) committed by candidates in Taichung’s second electoral district, during the local elections that year.
The NCC argued that the program’s producers did not employ proper fact-checking, and that the guest’s comments could damage the public's trust in the fairness of the electoral system and the implementation of democratic elections by local government agencies.
FTV argued that the guest was only speaking anecdotally, and that the program would not likely affect the public's perception or judgment of the electoral system, as the statements were clearly presented as subjective comments, rather than factual statements.
The court’s ruling can be appealed.
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