Caroline Ratucadra
SUVA (Fiji Sun / Pacific Media Watch): Fiji's media code of ethics and practice must be adhered to at all times, says Attorney-General and Acting Minister for Information Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.
Sayed-Khaiyum was responding to reports about the conditions allegedly set out for the renewal of Fiji Television’s broadcast licence.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its partner Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF) had stated that the Fiji government had stopped Fiji TV from covering members of the “opposition”.
According to a PFF report, the order was not to broadcast comments or pictures of people including Laisenia Qarase, Mahendra Chaudhry and Felix Anthony.
Sayed-Khaiyum said he had met with Fiji TV chairman Isoa Kaloumaira on May 25 regarding the issue.
“At this meeting, the Attorney-General emphasised that as far as news reporting was concerned, Fiji TV, like all other media organisations, needed to adhere to the media code of ethics and practice and be balanced and fair, not just in form but in substance,” a statement from the A-G’s office said last night.
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