Hearing a series of pleas on Friday, the Supreme Court weighed heavily on television channels, saying channels are driven by agenda and sensationalize news to compete with each other, ultimately creating division in society. The Supreme Court had heard a series of petitions seeking action to be taken in hate speech cases.
The Supreme Court has expressed reservations about the current state of India’s television news channels, stating that such channels are agenda-driven and compete to sensationalize the news, thereby creating divisions in society. rice field. Judge KM Joseph and his BV Nagarathna bench said the television news channel acted on the instructions of the funders.
We asked the News Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) and the national government how such broadcasts could be controlled. “Everything is driven by TRP. Channels are basically competing with each other. They make it sensational. How do you control this? A visual medium can have far more impact than a newspaper…Are our audiences mature enough to see this content?” asked Judge Joseph. .
Questioned, Bench said offending anchors should be “on the air” and that channels violating program code should be fined heavily. I asked lawyers representing broadcasters and the Digital Association, “If the TV show anchor itself is part of the problem, what can we do? The NBSA shouldn’t be biased. Are you?” I asked.
The central government said it planned to introduce comprehensive amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) to deal with hate speech. “We are considering a separate amendment to the Code of Criminal Procedure. That is the position of the Commonwealth of India,” Additional Attorney General (ASG) KM Nataraj, who appeared for the Center, informed the Supreme Court.
(Ani)
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