[Chapter-delegates] Urgent suggestion

[Baburam Aryal]

Thank you Narelle




On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Narelle Clark President ISOC-AU <
President at isoc-au.org.au> wrote:

> Definitely could become a case of the Streisand effect!
>
> It is, however, bad journalism, poor taste, offensive to the young women
> and they should be called out over it.
>
> My understanding is that in Australia it would be dealt with by
> professional codes of conduct. That is for print journalism.
>
> I can understand the school wanting to sue for loss of reputation. The
> poor young women involved must be feeling horribly degraded by these
> ridiculous assertions. The journalists should be rebuked for it, and their
> editors should know better!
>
> But jail? No.
>
> Over here, I would suspect in this case they would be forced to write a
> retraction and the apology should have equal space as the original
> article. This would be on the basis of the harm and suffering caused.
>
> Radio and television is different, however. They can be fined or lose a
> broadcasting license for offensive behaviour. The relevant codes and a
> case are listed below. ACMA is the Australian Communications and Media
> Authority.
>
>
> ACMA finds 2DAY’s Kyle & Jackie O Show breached decency
> MR 16-2012 – 27 March ACMA finds Sandilands comments ‘deeply derogatory
> and offensive’.
>
> Kyle Sandilands’ comments about a female journalist were deeply derogatory
> and offensive, and amounted to a breach of the Commercial Radio Codes of
> Practice 2011 (the codes), the Australian Communications and Media
> Authority (the ACMA) has found.
>
> The ACMA has begun formal steps to impose a second licence condition on
> broadcaster 2DAY FM Sydney which would prohibit the radio station from
> broadcasting indecent content and content that demeans women or girls.
>
> The ACMA action follows an investigation into a segment broadcast on the
> Kyle & Jackie O Show on 22 November 2011.
>
> ‘The Authority found the comments by Mr Sandilands deeply derogatory and
> offensive and, in all the circumstances, a licence condition is the
> appropriate response,’ said ACMA Chairman, Chris Chapman.
>
> Read the rest at:
>
> http://www.acma.gov.au/theACMA/acma-finds-2dayskyle-jackie-o-showbreached-decency-i-acma
>
>
> best regards
>
>
> Narelle
>
>
> --
>
>
> Narelle Clark
> President
> Internet Society of Australia
>
> president at isoc-au.org.au
> www.isoc-au.org.au
>
> On Sun, June 23, 2013 3:09 am, Joly MacFie wrote:
> > One thing the authorities should take into consideration is what is known
> > as the Streisand effect. That is that overreaction may only result in
> > further attention, thus bringing further embarassment.
> >
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 7:42 AM, Babu Ram Aryal <babu at isoc.org.np>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Dear All
> >> We have a twist on FOE over Online in Nepal. Three journalist are
> >> arrested. FIR lodged against them by the principal of a college who
> >> accused the content of a news online managed by defendants are
> defamatory.
>
>
>
>
>


-- 
Advocate Babu Ram Aryal
President,
Internet Society [ISOC] Nepal Chapter
Anamnagar, Kathmandu
Nepal

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