New Delhi: The government on Friday told news channels that they
should have shown restraint in broadcasting live the movement of
security personnel and commando operations that are currently underway
following the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
The government put forth this view at a meeting convened by Anand
Sharma, the minister of state for external affairs who currently holds
the additional charge of information and broadcasting, and attended by
representatives of various television channels.
Officials representing the department of internal security and the
ministry of defence at the meeting expressed concern that terrorists
had access to television and Internet and could have benefited from
the strategic information that they gathered from the live broadcast
of operations, said a person who attended the meeting but did not want
to be named.
Responding to this, the broadcasters said everyone (the news channels)
had initially underestimated the magnitude of the operations and that
the local administration, too, did not impose any restriction on the
television crew placing cameras at vantage points, considered too
close to the scene of the attacks. "However, the channels had on
Thursday evening complied with a directive that asked them to move the
cameras a little distance away," the person said.
"We issued an advisory yesterday and everyone complied," said Sushma
Singh, secretary, ministry of information and broadcasting.
The meeting concluded with both sides agreeing to work closer with
each other in similar situations in the future, the person who was
present at the meeting, said.
Sources
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