Our Correspondent
ISLAMABAD
PEMRA on Thursday conducted hearing of 29 TV channels with regard to airing fake news of blast in Gulberg Lahore on February 23, 2017. The TV channels through their epresentatives/counsels submitted their replies to the show cause notice issued to them by PEMRA. During the personal hearing held at the PEMRA headquarters, majority of the representatives from TV channels admitted they had simply picked the story from other channels, including the state-run PTV, and had not bothered to double before airing such sensitive news.
The replies of the TV channels confirm the poor judgment on part of the TV channels and ‘once again’ expose the unprofessional, rating-driven attitude in the news rooms of the TV channels.
However, PEMRA is going to present the TV channels’ replies before the Authority meeting on Friday along with the recommendations by the hearing committee for appropriate action.
