{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/37964.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":37964,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Why are Channel 4 showing the Paralympics with adverts when the best broadcaster in the world, BBC, are not?","background":null,"additional_details":"The Paralympics must be withdrawn immediately and coverage given to the BBC. We should not be subjected to advert breaks every 10-15 minutes which ruin the spectable of these incredible athletes achieving their dream despite incredible odds. The BBC did a fantastic job of the Olympic Games but by allowing Channel 4 to show the coverage, we are showing that this is a second class event being shown by a second class broadcaster who are making money out of it.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2012-08-30T12:48:32.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:28:23.176Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:39:16.594Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-08-30T12:48:32.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"The choice of Paralympic broadcaster is a matter for the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG)."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}