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Code of Ethics for News Channel
Why is it in news?
- The News Broadcasters Association (NBA) has told the Supreme Court to make its code of ethics against airing malicious, biased and regressive content applicable to all TV news channels.
Suggestions of NBA:
- The Supreme Court should direct the government to include its ethical code in the Programme Code of the Cable Television Networks Rules, 1994.
- All news channels, whether they are NBA members or not, will then have to follow the Programme Code containing the proposed amendments.
- News Broadcasters Services Authority (NBSA) should be granted recognition as an “independent self-regulatory mechanism” to receive and deal with complaints.
About News Broadcasters Association (NBA)
- It represents the private television news & current affairs broadcasters. It is the collective voice of the news & current affairs broadcasters in India.
- It is an organization funded entirely by its members.
- The NBA has presently 26 leading news and current affairs broadcasters (comprising 70 news and current affairs channels) as its members.
- The NBA presents a unified and credible voice before the Government, on matters that affect the growing industry.