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You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> Information Commissioner's Office >> BBC (Decision Notice) [2010] UKICO FS50295017 (18 May 2010) URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKICO/2010/FS50295017.html Cite as: [2010] UKICO FS50295017 |
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Summary: The complainant requested the number of complaints made to the British Broadcasting Corporation (the -BBC-) concerning political bias and the nature of that bias. The BBC refused to provide the requested information claiming that it was outside the scope of the Freedom of Information Act (-the Act-) because it was held for the purposes of journalism, art or literature. The BBC argued that this information was held for the purposes of creating its output and is closely associated with its creative activities. The Commissioner is satisfied that the information in question is held to a significant extent for the purposes of journalism, art or literature. Therefore the BBC was not obliged to comply with Parts I to V of the Act.
Section of Act/EIR & Finding: FOI 1 - Complaint Not upheld
