S.L. 350.26 Art. 1

Promotion of Racial Equality, Tolerance and Diversity 1.1 Broadcasters must be proactive by promoting racial equality in their programming. 1.2 Broadcasters must exert a judicious decision when selecting presenters and participants during a programme dealing with racism. In making such a selection, broadcasters must not invite persons with racist ideas and opinions. 1.3 In their programming, broadcasters are to foster a multicultural society. This could be done, for instance, by ensuring, as far as possible, that racial groups are represented by members of the racial groups themselves, and by providing space to inform on other cultures present amongst the Maltese population and their perception of the Maltese culture and attitudes. 1.4 When discussing multicultural issues, broadcasters are to include the views of persons from different ethnic and religious backgrounds rather than report their views second hand. Broadcasters must take into account the linguistic and cultural differences which may be experienced by the interviewee and all necessary steps must be taken to place the interviewee at ease and to reflect the interview faithfully.