PCI sends show-cause notices to newspapers as advertisement camouflaged to look like a headline
PCI sends show-cause notices to newspapers as advertisement camouflaged to look like a headline (representational image)
By: Pune Pulse
November 25, 2023
Pune: Editors of several newspapers have received notices from the Press Council of India (PCI) regarding an advertisement that was disguised as a headline during the Rajasthan assembly polls.
The polls are scheduled for November 25 and the results will be announced on December 3 along with those of Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Mizoram and Chhattisgarh.
On Friday, the Press Council of India (PCI) released a statement listing the newspapers that have received show-cause notices. The statement also mentioned that the Chairperson, Justice (retired) Ranjana Prakash Desai, has taken suo-motu cognizance of the content published by these newspapers on November 20.
The statement released by the PCI suggests that the banner headline, which was disguised as a news headline and placed directly below the newspaper masthead, may have breached the norms and journalistic conduct guidelines for the upcoming Rajasthan Legislative Assembly elections in 2023.
The editors of all the aforementioned newspapers have been issued show-cause notices to file a reply, as stated. However, the print media did not disclose any information regarding the alleged content published by the newspapers.
