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UK slaps £20,000 fine on Indian TV channel over anti-Pakistan content
Ofcom penalises channel over derogatory and abusive comments made by host Arnab Goswami during a show last year
The British TV regulatory authority has slapped a fine of £20,000 on India’s fiercely nationalist and popular Republic television’s Hindi channel for broadcasting hate speech against Pakistan.
Ofcom is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom.
In a detailed verdict, Ofcom said that Republic Bharat’s
Poochta Hai Bharat programme – the evening primetime show hosted by controversial Arnab Goswami – had failed to comply with its broadcasting rules,
UK Media Watchdog Fines Arnabâs Republic Bharat £20,000 for Hate Speech Against Pakistanis
According to Ofcom, the September 6, 2019, discussion hosted by Arnab Goswami featured comments made by the host and some of his guests that amounted to hate speech against Pakistani people, and derogatory and abusive treatment of Pakistani people.
Arnab Goswami on Republic TV. Photo: PTI
Media22/Dec/2020
New Delhi: British TV regulatory authority Ofcom has imposed a £20,000 fine on Republic Bharat, Republic TV’s Hindi channel, for hate speech against Pakistani people in a programme broadcast last year.
Ofcom, which stands for Office of Communications, is the government-approved regulatory and competition authority for the broadcasting, telecommunications and postal industries of the United Kingdom