PCI calls for restraint in reporting CWG issues

Kolkata, Sep 27 (India Report)
The Press Council of India today appealed to the country&aposs media for restrain in reporting controversies surrounding the Commonwealth Games, saying that the reports should not project the nation in a poor light.
"It is true that the media has thrown light on the inadequacies in the organisation of the Games. This has also yielded results in some cases. But the reporting should not be in a manner that disgraces the nation. We should know where to stop,"PCI Chairman Justice G N Ray told a press conference.
In a reply to a question, he said the PCI had not issued any guidelines for reporting of the CWG."But the media should not report in a manner that ridicules the nation."
Stating that complaints against the press was on the rise, he said of the 46 cases that came up for hearing before the Council earlier in the day, 40 were complaints against various newspapers, while the rest were complaints by newspaper journalists and editors against various parties.
Editors and journalists of small newspapers typically complained of personal threats and other forms of intimidation like stopping issue of advertisements by both the government and private sectors, he said.
Expressing concern at the&apospaid news&aposphenomenon, he said the PCI had given its recommendations to the government on the matter and had been assured by the latter that it would be discussed in Parliament.