The Labour Party has accused the Nationalist Party of trying to hinder the government's work by objecting to the way the national broadcaster reports government activity. In a statement, Labour said the PN "has no idea" how the national broadcaster reports the news, arguing that PBS, like every public broadcaster, has a duty to report the executive
Data tabled in parliament showing that TVM broadcast 532 clips featuring government representatives but only 66 clips of their PN counterparts in one year shows that public broadcasting has been hijacked by the government, the PN claimed on Thursday. Answering a PQ by PN's Michael Piccinino, Culture Minister Malcolm Paul Agius Galea said that between
The Nationalist Party has strongly condemned that the Labour government has, for years, controlled public broadcasting and has rendered TVM to "an extension of the Government's communications machine," rather than let it act as the national public broadcaster. This statement comes two days after parliamentary figures revealed that PBS aired 532 government
Public Broadcasting Services (PBS) aired 532 "sound on tape" (SOT) clips featuring members of the government and 66 featuring members of the Opposition during a 12-month period between June 2025 and May 2026, parliamentary figures showed. The figures were provided by Arts, Culture and National Heritage Minister Malcolm Paul Agius Galea in reply to
