NBC warns TV anchors against bullying guests, compromising neutrality

The Nigerian authorities has warned tv broadcasters and anchors, implicit breaches of Nigerian broadcasting codes.

The National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, issued the informing successful a disclosed announcement to broadcasters connected Friday.

NBC said the informing comes amid an alleged surge successful unprofessional broadcast behaviour crossed Nigerian quality broadcast platforms.

The regulator told broadcasters, including Arise Television, Channels TV and others, that it would enforce strict and uncompromised compliance with each proviso of the Nigeria Broadcasting Code, peculiarly those relating to fairness, balance, accuracy, hatred speech, incitement, and respect for law bodies.

NBC warned broadcasters to guarantee professionalism successful handling politics, communal and warfare issues.

“The broadcaster shall grounds professionalism successful handling the transmission, particularly delicate issues specified arsenic politics, communal conflicts, and wars.

Specifically, it threatened sanctions connected anchors oregon presenters recovered to person expressed idiosyncratic sentiment arsenic fact, bullied oregon intimidated a guest, denied a just proceeding to ...