Home Ministry asks I&B to end Live coverage of anti-terror operations

The kind of news that is shown on television is soon going to have restrictions. In a recent news, the home ministry has asked the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting to fasten rules to ensure there is no live television coverage of anti-terror operations. The MIB sought to do so with the amendment of the Programme Code under the Cable Television Network Rules.

According to a letter written to the I&B earlier this month, the home ministry noted that such live coverage in places like Jammu & Kashmir or elsewhere not only affects the secrecy and effectiveness of the operation but also puts the safety of journalists in jeopardy, said the government officials. The I&B Ministry is yet to respond to the suggestion.

It started with the 26/11 Mumbai attacks that were broadcasted live on television, when the National Broadcaster Association put out a set of rules including restriction on live reporting of terror situations, as a part of their self-regulation exercise on the part of private broadcasters.

The ministry is now pressing for more changes to the 15-point Programme Code prescribed under the Cable Television Network Rules, 1994 for this specific purpose. The rules were last amended in 2009 when private broadcasters were brought within the limits of the Cable Television Network Rules.

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