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The News Broadcasters and Digital Association and the News Broadcasters Federation urged members not to invite panellists who spread ‘anti-India propaganda’.
Two organisations representing news organisations have urged media outlets not to invite panellists from Pakistan in television debates in the wake of the Pahalgam terror attack.
The News Broadcasters and Digital Association, the apex body representing private news broadcasters in India, has advised its member news channels to refrain from inviting panellists, speakers and commentators from Pakistan on television or digital programmes, following the Pahalgam terror attack, reported News18.The advisory, issued to editors affiliated with the association, cited concerns raised by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting about the presence of Pakistani commentators on Indian news platforms.
The ministry flagged that some of the panellists “propagate false propaganda against India”, the advisory said.