Broadcasting Regulation vs. Freedom of Expression and Editorial Independence.

This article discusses the relationship between forms of broadcasting regulation and the principle of freedom of expression. The argument is that there always is a tension between how to regulate the media through administrative and political measure on the one hand and how to secure a free independent broadcasting media on the other. By referring to the report of the arguments of the Norwegian Freedom of Expression Commission and the subsequent new freedom of expression article in the Norwegian constitution the author maintains that the only reasons for regulating broadcasting can be found in that frequencies are a limited resource, or in arguments that have to with safeguarding a plural and independent media situation against the threat of monopolisation and 'corporate' censorship. The article ends up by identifying six possible threat to an independent broadcasting situation: The state; the courts; commercial owners; advertisers; sources; networks of actors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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