Borrowing the title from K's post on his very informative and insightful blog. The Press Council of India has come out with a set of guidelines for election coverage and K asks - What about the TV channels? Considering the (unfair?) fare they have been dishing out, I am already dreading the prospect of having to follow them for the election news.
What I find interesting from the guidelines is the note on the pre-poll and the exit poll surveys. [My emphasis in bold]
The Press Council, therefore, requests the Press to abide by the following guideline in respect of the exit polls:
Guideline: No newspaper shall publish exit-poll surveys, however, genuine they may be, till the last of the polls is over.
Again, what about the TV channels? And are we sure that these guidelines will be adhered to? Let's wait and well, watch. I don't quite relish the prospect of watching them though.
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