The document outlines several guidelines for television programming regarding impartiality, accuracy, privacy, consent, and ethics. It discusses the need to represent all sides of an issue fairly, obtain necessary permissions, avoid deception, consider the welfare of minors, get legal approval when dealing with criminals, and remain impartial on controversial topics. It notes that Aileen Wuornos' documentary followed most of these rules through interviews and legally obtained footage, though it was arguably one-sided in portraying her crimes.

1. Biased Opinion – This is when somebody is for one side to an argument or story without
any valid reason why.
Accuracy - Portraying real events which the viewer is entitled to take at face value and
must respect truth and accuracy.
Balance – You must give both sides to the story and equal information to both sides in
order for the audience to know everything rather than just one side to the event.
Impartiality - Presenting it in an appropriately balanced and fair way.
Objectivity – The state or quality of being objective.
Subjectivity – Judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and
opinions rather than external facts.
Opinion – A personal point of view towards a specific event or story.
Bias – Showing prejudice for or against someone or something.
Representation – The action of speaking or acting on behalf of someone or the
state of being so represented.
Access – A means of approaching or entering a place or having access to a person.
Privacy – The state of being free from public attention.

2. • You’ve got to find people who
will know about the topic you
will be interviewing them about.
• They have to be talkative and
give an answer which will be
appropriate for TV.
• You will need to be prepared to receive any kind of answer or
response.
• It’s important to have all the questions and responses planned
before the interview.

3. • Ofcom is the communications regulator. They regulate
the TV and radio sectors, fixed line telecoms and mobiles,
plus the airwaves over which wireless devices operate.
• Ofcom is funded by fees from industry for regulating
broadcasting and communications networks, and
grant-in-aid from the Government.
• We make sure that people in the UK get the best from
their communications services and are protected from
scams and sharp practices, while ensuring that
competition can thrive

4. • Channel 4 and 5 both expect the viewers to trust the
Information given and that it will be accurate to the
actual event or story.
• Both Channel 4 and Channel 5 state; ‘Programmes mu
Be honest, fair and accurate and must
not mislead viewers.’
• Aileen’s documentary was
one sided as Nick Broomfield
was against Aileen and tried
to persuade the viewers to be
on his die which is unfair.

5. • You can’t secretly film a person or thing unless it’s
been approved off.
• Programme makes must have permission in writing in
order to perform covert filming/recording.
• Before doing under cover filming, there are many
guidelines in which you must follow. These rules are
specific for Channel 4 and 5.
• Aileen didn’t involve any secret filming, but there was
some filming done which Aileen didn’t know about
but was agreed and aloud to go through with it.

6. • They state very clearly that you must not make
payments to sources or contributors without reference
to and the approval of the broadcaster.
• You must not make any payment or promise to make
any payment to any witness or defendant involved in
any kind of legal proceedings without the consent of
the commissioning editor and programme lawyer.
• You must seek advice from the programme lawyer
before making or promising to make any payment to a
convicted or confessed criminal.

7. • All reconstructions must be fair and
accurate.
• If there is a risk that viewers might be
misled, reconstructions should be
labelled as such to avoid confusion.
• There wasn’t any reconstructions used
in the documentary about Aileen, it
was mainly interviews.

8. • Any ‘set-ups’ or use of deception must be justified by the
public interest and this must always be agreed in
advance by the broadcaster, unless it is intended to
seek consent of those filmed before broadcast.
• Interviews must be fairly edited, Programme-makers must
comply with the rules on payments.
• Contributors should take part in programmes on the
basis of their informed consent.

9. • Parental consent will be required for individuals
under 16 appearing in programmes.
• Due care must be taken with regard to the
physical and emotional welfare and the dignity
of people under 18 years who are involved in
programmes. Further, unnecessary distress or
anxiety must not be caused.

10. • Programmes involving criminals or
about criminality require special care and
are likely to be legally contentious.
• The documentary on Aileen involved interviews
and footage of Aileen. All of this was legal and
involved many police videos.

11. • The commissioning editor, on the advice
of the programme lawyer, will ensure that
an on-air warning is given to viewers,
where appropriate.
• Material with the potential to cause
offence e.g. strong language, violence,
sexual violence, explicit sexual portrayal
etc. must always be justifiable by the
context.
• Aileen contained a lot of offensive material
such as swearing, speaking of the victim’s families
in an unappreciative manor.

12. • Programmes dealing with
matters of political or industrial
controversy or matters relating
to current public policy
should be duly impartial.
• There was no worries about
being impartial through out this
documentary.

13. • Product placement is prohibited,
Programmes should not give undue
prominence to commercial products or
services.
• There was no commercial references used
during the Documentary about Aileen,