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In pursuance of its policy to uphold the freedom of the Press, the government does not interfere in the functioning of the Press, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur told Parliament on Thursday.

In pursuance of its policy to uphold the freedom of the Press, the government does not interfere in the functioning of the Press, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur told Parliament on Thursday.

InformationMinister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday said the term "anti-national attitude" has not been defined in the Programme Code enumerated in the Cable Television Networks Rules, 1994, but is commonly understood as "opposed to national interest".

How do anchors get away with such open murder of journalism? Is there nobody to stop them from appearing evening after evening in TV studios to sell their products of hate made from the ashes of truth?

Unfortunately, mediapersons have become more of public relations officials for the Government and those in power. There is no end to their sycophancy, and most have started crawling when they have not even been asked to bend

The advisory signed by assistant director Prateek Jain mentioned that over the last few months, several television channels including the mainstream channels have reported incidents of accidents, deaths, and violence including violence against women, children and elderly in manners which grossly compromised on “good taste and decency.”

The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting today issued an advisory to all television channels against reporting incidents of accident, death and violence in a manner that grossly compromised on “good taste and decency”.

It cited ‘distasteful, sensational, distressful’ news broadcasts from last year as violating the Programme Code.

Ministry of Information and Broadcasting cited the coverage of cricketers car crash, airing of distressing images of dead bodies, such reporting offended good taste and decency

The government on Monday termed the television news coverage of cricketer Rishabh Pant's road accident and some other crime stories "distasteful" and "heart-wrenching".