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The Centre on Saturday expressed serious concern over the manner in which some private television news channels are reporting sensitive events related to violence in Delhi&rsquo;s Jahangirpuri area and even global issues such as the Russia-Ukraine conflict without verifying the facts before going on air.</p>
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The government has issued an advisory to these channels against airing &ldquo;unauthentic, misleading, sensational and provocative content&rdquo; without actually verifying the facts.</p>
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In its advisory, the ministry of information and broadcasting said, &quot;It has, however, been found that in the recent past several Satellite TV channels have carried out coverage of events and incidents in a manner which appears to be unauthentic, misleading, sensational and using socially unacceptable language that is obscene and defamatory and having communal overtones.&rdquo;</p>
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The advisory has also pointed out that this appears to be violative of the Programme Code and infringement of the provisions of sub-section (2) of Section 20 of the aforementioned Act.&quot;</p>
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The Centre cited the coverage of the recent communal clashes in Delhi&#39;s Jahangirpuri on the occasion of Hanuman Jayanti by some of the TV channels in a provocative manner.</p>
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The Centre made strong objections to &#39;provocative headlines and videos of violence that may incite communal hatred among the communities and disrupt peace and law and order.&#39;</p>
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The channels have also been accused of disrupting the investigations by playing &#39;scandalous and unverified footage of a specific community thus aggravating the communal tensions.&#39;</p>
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&quot;It was also observed that some of the TV channels broadcast debates having unparliamentary, provocative and socially unacceptable language, communal remarks and derogatory references which may have a negative psychological impact on viewers and may also incite communal disharmony and disturb the peace at large,&quot; the Centre said.</p>
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The government also took note of the recent coverage of Ukraine war by television channels.</p>
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&quot;It has been observed that channels have been making false claims and frequently misquoting International agencies/actors. The channels are using &#39;scandalous headlines/taglines&#39; that are completely unrelated to the news item.&quot;</p>
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The Centre alleged that many of the journalists and news anchors made fabricated and hyperbolic statements on the issue.</p>
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