Fake sting channel Live India banned for a month!

finneyp · 20th September 2007, 11:46

Fake sting channel Live India banned for a month

It should have been banned forever! A big disgrace to journalism!

tsk1979 · 20th September 2007, 11:59

So you screw up somebody for life, and all you get is 1 month?
Ideally the channel should pay the teachers monthly salary + 20% increment every year + 40-50Lakh for mental agony cause.

cypher · 20th September 2007, 12:04

The channel says -
"that the reporter had misled the channel regarding the sting operation."

What BS !!! What are mgmt and editors paid for?

The punishment is ridiculously light. There should be stricter laws on this and its top mgmt should be held personally responsible for scams like this.

Giving everyone a one-month holiday is not enough - Criminal charges should be filed against the mgmt.

cypher · 20th September 2007, 12:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by tsk1979

So you screw up somebody for life, and all you get is 1 month?
Ideally the channel should pay the teachers monthly salary + 20% increment every year + 40-50Lakh for mental agony cause.

+ Punitive damages.

I've not heard of companies paying realistic punitive damages in India, but adding a huge Punitive damage (say 5 crore or 20% of their revenue) is the only way to ensure that someone else does not do this in future. Else a TV channel can easily afford to pay up a couple of lakhs. I'm sure they made more revenue than that, the day they "broke the story".

amit · 20th September 2007, 13:12

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Originally Posted by tsk1979

So you screw up somebody for life, and all you get is 1 month?
Ideally the channel should pay the teachers monthly salary + 20% increment every year + 40-50Lakh for mental agony cause.

They haven't even apologised forget anything else!

On the flipside, the politicians must be the most delighted by this. Now everytime there is a sting operation against them, they will raise the issue of this fake one raising questions on it's genuineness.

DCEite · 20th September 2007, 17:22

I was just curious, whats the educational qualifications of these so called Journalists of channels like Aaj Takk, India TV, live india etc.
Because the manner in which they present themselves and behave, dont even look like completed high school.

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finneyp Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Bangalore Posts: 2,716 Thanked: 319 Times View My Garage	Fake sting channel Live India banned for a month! Fake sting channel Live India banned for a month It should have been banned forever! A big disgrace to journalism!
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tsk1979 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 23,717 Thanked: 22,825 Times View My Garage	So you screw up somebody for life, and all you get is 1 month? Ideally the channel should pay the teachers monthly salary + 20% increment every year + 40-50Lakh for mental agony cause.
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20th September 2007, 12:04	#3
cypher BHPian Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Pune Posts: 153 Thanked: 4 Times	The channel says - "that the reporter had misled the channel regarding the sting operation." What BS !!! What are mgmt and editors paid for? The punishment is ridiculously light. There should be stricter laws on this and its top mgmt should be held personally responsible for scams like this. Giving everyone a one-month holiday is not enough - Criminal charges should be filed against the mgmt.
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20th September 2007, 17:22	#6
DCEite Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: NCR Posts: 3,418 Thanked: 2,565 Times	I was just curious, whats the educational qualifications of these so called Journalists of channels like Aaj Takk, India TV, live india etc. Because the manner in which they present themselves and behave, dont even look like completed high school.
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