Taking exception to television coverage of the Ukraine-Russia conflict and the Delhi riots, the government on Saturday, April 23, issued a strong advisory to news channels asking them to abide by the programme code laid down by the relevant laws.
It also said that certain debates on television channels on the incidents in northwest Delhi had unparliamentary, provocative and socially unacceptable language.
“The government expresses serious concern about the manner in which television channels have gone about their operations in the manner of transmitting content,” read the advisory issued by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.
The advisory said that while reporting on the Russia-Ukraine conflict it has been observed that channels have been making false claims and frequently misquoting international agencies or actors, and using “scandalous headlines or taglines” completely unrelated to the news.