5 years, 416 complaints, just 12 fines: The mute button of Indian news TV’s first self-regulator
By September this year, the News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority had received 26 complaints against some of India’s biggest news channels for broadcasts that encouraged superstition, promoted communal narratives, or targeted minorities.
Set up as a self-regulatory mechanism for the television news industry, the authority found clear violations of its Code of Ethics in nine of these........





















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