The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) says it imposed sanctions on some broadcast stations during the #EndSARS protests because of their recklessness in the coverage of the protests.
Acting Director-General of the Commission, Professor Armstrong Idachaba disclosed this during a TV interview yesterday.
He said, “We had to impose a sanction because we found out that in the coverage of the #EndSARS campaign that many broadcasters began to be reckless in the coverage of the crisis. At the beginning of the crisis, there was fairness and reasonable professionalism.
“Rather than come up with facts of the issues, we began to see deliberate distortions, manipulated storylines, fake infusions and intrusions into the narrative, graphic presentations that rather than help to reduce the situation more or less aggravated,” he added.
He noted that the misrepresentation of facts by the media stations were in clear violation of the provision of the broadcasting code.
