X-Rated News

The proposed guidelines for censorship and certification of news spells trouble for TV:

• News content to be certified U, UA and A.
  
• Adult content, defined as any sustained depiction of violence, including deaths in natural calamities, can only be shown between 11 pm to 4 am.
  
• Sexually explicit stories have to wait for the late night slot
  
• The broadcaster must brief participants in talk shows on what they can say and what not
  
• Live shows will have to be interrupted to effect cuts

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• Prolonged or frequent close-up shots of gruesome violence or crime
  
• Depiction of images of dead or seriously wounded or gruesome violent events, natural calamities or accidents
  
• Insensitive coverage or explicit discussions on sex.