Article: Government asked to set up panel to screen sting operations

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New Delhi, Dec. 14 -- Asking whether the media was carrying out sting operations or "stink operations", the Delhi High Court Friday asked the government to set up a panel to screen undercover exposes before they are aired.

"The electronic media as compared to the print media has an added advantage because visuals have greater ramification and impact as it directly and immediately influences the mind of the viewer," said Chief Justice M.K. Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Khanna.

The bench was pronouncing the judgement after taking note of a sting operation, telecast by private TV news channel Live India Aug 30, purportedly ...

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