Talk shows must not spread false info: Inu

Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu today said in parliament private satellite television channels will not get any scope to telecast “distorted and false” information through talk shows once the broadcast commission is set up.

“The government has already formulated National Broadcast Policy-2014. Process is going on to enact Broadcast Law-2015 and Broadcast Commission Law-2015 to implement the broadcast policy,” the minister replied to lawmakers’ queries.

He also said it would be possible to fix “specific standard” for talk shows after formulating the two laws.

Besides, the information minister said a committee is working to monitor different programmes, talk shows and news telecast by different private satellite television channels.