Broadcast Policy
'Bid to stop criticism of govt'
The government has incorporated some provisions in the draft broadcasting policy to stop criticism against it, Dr Akbar Ali Khan, former adviser to a caretaker government, said yesterday.
“The government wants to ensure that news is broadcast in line with what the government wants”, he said at a roundtable, adding that the government needs not formulate any broadcasting policy, as the existing laws are enough to ensure accountability of the media.
He said action can be taken against anyone on charge of defamation and falsehood through the conventional laws.
Media Museum of Bangladesh organised the roundtable on "the achievement of broadcast journalism in the last decade" at the conference room of Journalism Training and Research Initiative (Jatri) marking the World Television Day 2011.
Dr Khan said it is not obvious that formulation of policy would solve all problems; sometimes policy becomes problem. He advocated for a separate council for journalists like other professional councils for maintaining quality and accountability of the media.
Information Commissioner Prof Sadeka Halim, journalist Abed Khan, and journalist Jaglul Ahmed Chowdhury, among others, spoke while Jatri chief executive Jamil Ahmed moderated the session.
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