Hours after a furore in the Rajya Sabha over the alleged “obscene content” of television game show Sach Ka Saamna, the government slapped a show-cause notice on broadcaster Star Plus — for “offending good taste and decency, (showing what is) not suitable for unrestricted public exhibition, and for obscenity in words”.Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni has called a meeting with broadcasters’ bodies Indian Broadcasting Federation and News Broadcasters Association at noon on Thursday to discuss the issue. Soni has so far favoured self-regulation over an imposed content code, but the ministry may now tell broadcasters clearly that failure to regulate content would leave the government with no option but to bring in a content code.
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