The Code of Ethics and Broadcasting Standards put together by NBSA enjoins channels to be impartial and objective, to avoid defamation and libel, to ensure neutrality, to strive to ensure allegations are not reported as facts or that charges are not conveyed as acts of guilt.
While Mr. Arnab Goswami of Republic TV may feel put out by the manner in which his channel appears to have been targeted, and may believe that the actions are a consequence of the animosity that the government of Maharashtra and the police in Mumbai have towards him, the fact is that Television Rating Points or TRPs were a scandal waiting to erupt, because of the severe inadequacies in the methodology used to measure viewership.
