Independent panel to examine claims of political interference at Czech TV

A special independent panel is set to decide on an internal dispute at Czech Television in which journalists said their work had been subject to political interference, the news site iDnes.cz reported. The five-member panel, which includes Rob Cameron of the BBC and Radio Prague, is set to meet in two weeks’ time to consider all materials relating to the affair. At the start of October a number of news staff at Czech TV signed a petition saying that on a dozen occasions a senior editor had interfered with their work, to the benefit of some politicians, in particular President Miloš Zeman. Another group then issued a petition denying that such interference had taken place.