British media regulator fines Republic TV £20,000 for hate speech against Pakistanis

[The Eagle]

Do not create separate thread on the same topic so the information and counter arguments may remain at one place.

Regards,

 

[Chakar The Great]

20k pounds is not much

Its not about the money you andhbakht, don't show us how hinduvta fascism has brain washed every Indian.


Do you support what he said??

 

[PAKISTANFOREVER]

If an agency is paying you money for gathering GENUINE and CREDIBLE facts then its your pain. Not ours. You get money, you will do the work.

In other words you have 0 evidence to back up your claims?............... ..............too much hot air and waggling but NO credibility................

 

[waz]

British media regulator fines Republic TV £20,000 for hate speech against Pakistanis

British media regulator Ofcom has been fined a whopping £20,000 for airing hate speech against Pakistanis.
The Republic Bharat channel broadcasts rolling news and current affairs to the Hindi speaking community in the UK like dozens of Indian and Pakistani news and entertainment channels.

The fine has been imposed after the British media regulator found an episode of a show — Poochta Hai Bharat — hosted by controversial anchor Arnab Goswami containing hate speech against the people of Pakistan.

Ofcom told this correspondent in a statement: “We concluded that this was a serious breach of our rules which warranted the imposition of statutory sanctions. These include: a financial penalty of £20,000, payable to HM Paymaster General; a direction not to repeat the programme; and a direction to broadcast a statement of our findings on a date – and in a form - to be determined by Ofcom.”
The controversial episode of Poochta Hai Bharat was broadcast on 22 July, 2019. It featured a debate between Arnab Goswami and his guests (three Indians and three Pakistanis) relating to India’s attempt to send the spacecraft Chandrayaan 2 on its mission to the moon.

Other topics that came under discussion during the show included India’s record of space exploration and other technological advancements in comparison to Pakistan’s, the Kashmir issue, and Pakistan’s “alleged involvement in terrorist activities against Indian targets”.

In the programme, the presenter and some of his guests conveyed the view that all Pakistani people were terrorists, that even Pakistani sports celebrities and children were militants.
The presenter, addressing Pakistan and/or Pakistani people, said: “We make scientists, you make terrorists”.
Ofcom said: “We considered these statements to be expressions of hatred based on intolerance of Pakistani people based on their nationality alone, and that the broadcast of these statements spread, incited, promoted and justified such intolerance towards Pakistani people among viewers.

The British media regulator said in its findings: “We considered however that these statements, made by a retired major-general from the Indian Army, which clearly threatened that the Indian military would attack Pakistani civilians in their homes, were an expression of hatred and desire to kill by a figure of authority. In our view, the broadcast of these statements also promoted hatred and intolerance towards Pakistani people.”

Overall tone of the episode was 'provocative': Ofcom

Ofcom said that the overall tone of the discussion was provocative. “We also noted that Pakistani contributors were repeatedly interrupted and afforded little time to make points which may potentially have provided challenge or context.”

Ofcom said that the statements made in the programme “were expressions of hatred based on intolerance of Pakistani people on the basis of their nationality alone, and promoted hatred and intolerance towards Pakistani people”.
The licensee argued that the use of the term “****” was not intended to be offensive, nor would it be interpreted as such particularly when used in the sub-continent.

In Ofcom’s view, these negative descriptions constituted “uncontextualised abuse and derogatory treatment of Pakistani people on the ground of their nationality in breach of Rule 3.3. 38”.

The Republic TV told Ofcom that it shouldn’t be slapped with a fine and promised that no live discussion on India-Pakistan issues will be aired in future unless reviewed and edited first to comply with UK's laws but the Ofcom found that Republic TV had acted in recklessness and broken certain rules repeatedly.

Ofcom found that the material aired on Republic TV “posed a risk of harm to the Pakistani community in the UK, and to good relations particularly between members of the UK’s Indian and Pakistani communities”.

British media regulator fines Republic TV £20,000 for hate speech against Pakistanis

British media regulator Ofcom has been fined a whopping £20,000 for airing hate speech against Pakistanis. The Republic Bharat channel broadcasts rolling news and current...

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Lmao! This hilarious, a real smite.
A channel made up and presented by ba$tards.

Its not about the money you andhbakht, don't show us how hinduvta fascism has brain washed every Indian.


Do you support what he said??

This channel is one of the most popular in India, tells you everything.

 

[GHALIB]

arnab ke bury din chal rahy hain

20000 is nothing for owner of the channel .

 

[PAKISTANFOREVER]

Real reason why goswami and the indians hate Pakistan:

BBC News - Condoms 'too big' for Indian men

news.bbc.co.uk

 

[fitpOsitive]

In other words you have 0 evidence to back up your claims?............... ..............too much hot air and waggling but NO credibility................

MI5 I guess.

 

[N.Siddiqui]

All this hate is good for Pakistan...keep it up.

 

[Maarkhoor]

20000 is nothing for owner of the channel .

Do you people don't mind to get insulted? Sharam magar tum logoun ko nahien aati...period

 

[PAKISTANFOREVER]

Considering the fact that india is the most impoverished nation on earth that has the highest number of severely malnourished and extreme poor people in the world, nearly 40% of the ENTIRE earth's starving people, £20,000 is a actually a good fine. Especially since the begger and failed state of india is also the biggest recipient of american aid:

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MI5 I guess.

Again, you are waffling and not making any sense.

 

[muhammadhafeezmalik]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1341684432625778689

 

[Sharma Ji]

Its not about the money you andhbakht, don't show us how hinduvta fascism has brain washed every Indian.


Do you support what he said??

Do yourself a favour and stop watching main stream media, FROM ANY COUNTRY, PEDDLING ANY NARRATIVE.. including your own, will you ?

You lot are so triggered by Ornob etc.. lol

ignore them, I can not stand to watch more than 5 minutes of these 12 people panel screaming matches where nobody can even hear what the other is saying.. utter garbage. We're better off here talking to each other than watching the tamasha.. total circus shit show other, the Indian media and all other mainstream news. Tune out of that garbage already, please !

 

[masterchief_mirza]

Brilliant. That's a lot of cack for Goswami to go clean up now.

Poochta Hain Bharat has become Backside Poonchta Hain Bharat.

 

[Unite & Defend]

Take legal action on ALL Indian media outlets that propagate unsupported evidence-based views, including hate speech towards Pakistan and its citizens.

By the time you know it, Pakistan will have created a nice income stream.

DO NOT IGNORE THEM! TAKE LEGAL ACTION!!!

 

[xeuss]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1341684432625778689

Apologized 280 times!!!!