Significant news out of the Ukraine:
The Ukrainian Government’s control over nationwide television was broken today, a key factor in maintaining support for Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovich, when a station began covering opposition demonstrations that have gripped the capital.
The pro-government private channel 1+1 said in a statement yesterday that it decided to begin providing “objective information” after having halted news broadcasts since Monday when journalists refused to operate under censorship.
The first reports of the mass opposition rallies in the country were aired in the dawn hours of today.
The channel is controlled by the powerful head of the presidential administration, Viktor Medvedtchuk.
Television stations which broadcast nationwide have provided extensive positive coverage of Mr Yanukovich, the declared winner of the election, while giving scant and negative attention to opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko.
“We are aware of our responsibility for having until now broadcast biased information under pressure for different political forces,” 1+1 journalists said in a statement.
“Given the current opposition in society we are obliged to declare that … all information will now be complete and objective,” they said.
Is the game over? We'll see.
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