Congress Undemocratic Ideology - 3

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A bill is to be introduced during Monsoon session. Press and media will be neutered by this one. Press and UPA honey-moon might be coming to an end.

What's new(s)? Govt 'kill Bill' set to muzzle media

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The Bill says the public service providers <b>shouldn’t report on matters of political or industrial controversy,</b> should always bear in mind the security of the nation, should always operate according to public order, <b>should take permission to do sting operations and all news channels should have an auditor who reports daily to the government </b>on everything that goes on in a news channel.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Bill is absolutely farcical because according to it, the <b>Press cannot report on cases of rioting and criminal investigations.</b>
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Another clause of the content code says that - <b>no civil court can have the jurisdiction to entertain any suit on the Broadcasting Licensing Authority</b>. So that means that the Press can’t even go to court.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->It’s categorically mentioned in the code that <b>there will be a content auditor who will report to the report to the chief editor. And if there is disagreement between the two, the chief editor will have to notify to the Central government</b>.
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