Hyderabad, June 26 (Siasat News): Ministry of information and broadcasting has issued a warning to Tv5 channel in violating the code of conduct.
As of late, it has become the practice of the news channels and other media to sensationalize even an ordinary news in order to draw the attention of the people without realizing that their this trend is doing more damage than the service.
The warning was issued in connection with a news report where Islamic religious institutions (madrasas) were presented as the headquarters or centers of training of terrorists.
In the warning, it has made obligatory for the channel to present the government’s warning in scrolling for three continuous days, which would be commenced on July 3 at 12.00 noon and ended on July 6 at 12.oo noon.
This scrolling should be presented in a normal pace in bold letters and it reads as “The information and broadcasting ministry has warned Tv5 channel for violating the code of conduct in presenting a news item in connection with a madrasa based in Hyderabad. The report was in violation of the rules and regulations set for the programme. Tv5 regrets for this violation and render its apologies for the same.”
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