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When India saw ‘Red’ over ‘Idol’...
It seems that Red FM has begun taking its tagline cum jingle Bajaate Raho, a tad too seriously. The hullabaloo around the grand finale of Indian Idol 3 had not even died down, when private radio channel Red FM ran into a controversy regarding disparaging comments of its RJ, on the winner of the reality show, Prasanth Tamang.
The remarks of the RJ in question sparked off riots in Siliguri and other parts of the North East. The situation tensed further for Red FM, when the Indian I&B Ministry found the comments for Tamang racist, hurting the sentiments of the entire Gorkha community, and ordered a ban on the FM channel for a week. However, the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) gave temporary relief to the channel by issuing a stay order on the ban till the next hearing, scheduled in November. The controversy has sparked off a fresh round of debate on whether media should be regulated by an outside body or be its own self-appointed regulator. Whatever the end result, the issue has left a bad taste in everybody’s mouth. In India, freedom of speech is a fundamental right, but never forget the old saying that ‘your freedom ends where my nose starts’!
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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
When India saw ‘Red’ over ‘Idol’...
It seems that Red FM has begun taking its tagline cum jingle Bajaate Raho, a tad too seriously. The hullabaloo around the grand finale of Indian Idol 3 had not even died down, when private radio channel Red FM ran into a controversy regarding disparaging comments of its RJ, on the winner of the reality show, Prasanth Tamang.
The remarks of the RJ in question sparked off riots in Siliguri and other parts of the North East. The situation tensed further for Red FM, when the Indian I&B Ministry found the comments for Tamang racist, hurting the sentiments of the entire Gorkha community, and ordered a ban on the FM channel for a week. However, the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) gave temporary relief to the channel by issuing a stay order on the ban till the next hearing, scheduled in November. The controversy has sparked off a fresh round of debate on whether media should be regulated by an outside body or be its own self-appointed regulator. Whatever the end result, the issue has left a bad taste in everybody’s mouth. In India, freedom of speech is a fundamental right, but never forget the old saying that ‘your freedom ends where my nose starts’!
For Complete IIPM Article, Click on IIPM Article
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
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