public interest

“The motivations are clearly to privilege fossil fuel interests over the interests of the public. This report is entirely in the public interest, and they’re just trying to bury the facts.”

However, that request was rejected by Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes, who said it would not be in the public interest.

Comcast knows that federal law requires its licensed operations to serve the public interest.

It would have covered “anyone who regularly gathers, prepares, collects, photographs, records, writes, edits, reports, investigates, or publishes news or information that concerns local, national, or international events or other matters of public interest for dissemination to the public…., not just professional journalists.”

During pre-trial hearings, the BBC argued the broadcast and publication were put out in good faith and concerned a matter of public interest.