The National Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority has ordered news channel Times Now to take down one of its debate shows aired in...
The National Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority has ordered news channel Times Now to take down one of its debate shows aired in February last year from its website and social media handles for violating the news regulator’s code of ethics, Live Law reported on Thursday.
The show on activist Teesta Setalvad’s visit to Shaheen Bagh in Delhi, a prominent site of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act was “devoid of objectivity”, the news regulator said in the order passed on November 13.
The National Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority observed that Times Now had selectively used parts of Setalvad’s speech at Shaheen Bagh to form a “particular narrative” about her. Times Now referred to Setalvad as a “Modi baiter”, even as she had not made any statements against the prime minister in her speech, the news regulator noted.
“Using bold headlines and attributing her [Setalvad] to be ‘Modi Baiter’ seems out of context and doesn’t appear to be an objective assessment of her speech, lacks neutrality and accuracy,” the order stated.
The news regulator directed Times Now to send a written confirmation of compliance of the order within seven days. However, the clip is still available on Times Now’s YouTube channel, 13 days after the order was passed.
The National Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority’s order...
