Daijiworld Media Network - Bangalore
Bangalore, Sep 5: Jyoti Prakash Mirji, police commissioner recently called for an informal meeting of all the newspaper editors and heads of news channels regarding the recent terrorism issue in the city. In the meeting, he appealed the media to cover the incidents in a very fair, objective and impartial manner.
He requested not to publish or air any unconfirmed reports and not to go for speculative reporting of the case. He urged them to confirm regarding any news from the senior police officers. Police officials are doing their duty in a fair and judicial manner to unearth the truth, he said. The duty of the police is to place the facts before the courts and the courts decide whether the accused are guilty or not, he added.
He also said that reporting of unsubstantiated news will create unnecessary panic and commotion amongst the citizens which needs to be avoided.
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