What are the facts that caused Sharma TV broadcast to be suspended? Thank you.

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Originally posted by ICIP:
What are the facts that caused Sharma TV broadcast to be suspended? Thank you.

A woman called in to one of his shows and noted that if her family are murdered she will kill the President. That show was repeated three times. The President said it was careless and violated licensing agreements and suspended the TV Broadcasting License.That is it in summary.

......threatening to kill the president of a country is serious stuff......they should immediately jail the woman.....she's a danger to society......

Govt. was elected by majority of people
ONCE again we are hearing that threatening the life of the President in the public media is freedom of speech.


Once again all must be reminded that freedom of speech comes with consequences.


It is most ludicrous for the AFC to compare the ruling PPP/C Government to Burnham and Hoyte illegal governments of the past.


The AFC must be reminded that this Government was elected by the majority of people for the people of Guyana.


Channel 6 and Sharma were very lucky to be on air for so long.


It's about time action be taken against this vile TV station and its owner.


AFC has to be out of its mind to say this Government is dictatorial and worse since the days of Burnham.


First of all, if this Government was dictatorial and worse, Sharma would never be on the air to make his mischief.


Secondly, the AFC would not be a political party to come to the defense of Sharma.


Thirdly, the AFC and Sharma will never be able to call for mass street protest in Guyana.


Fourthly, Sharma and the AFC would never have any news media in which to write about this episode.


If this PPP/C Government was dictatorial, the voices of Sharma, AFC and PNCR would have been silenced a very long time ago.


It's about time this Government act as it is mandated to act for the majority of people that elected it to Govern.


So it's bravo to the PPP/C Government and good riddance Sharma and Channel 6 are gone.
T. KING

The TV station acted irresponsibly if that segment of the show was re-broadcasted in a context of creating disharmony and violence.

Sharma must learn from mistakes
FREEDOM of speech and expression is healthy in any democratic society such as ours in Guyana.


However when threats are being uttered to any particular individual or groups then it’s not tolerated. And it’s being viewed as unwarranted and unwelcome.


Therefore a strong message is being sent to the proprietor of Channel 6 to be responsible for what the station is broadcasting to the world.


I must give credit to CNS Channel 6 for showcasing most of the shortcomings in society.


Many contents aired on Channel 6 are in the interest of the underprivileged. No one will deny that but there is the use of intemperate language that separates what is being considered acceptable.


There are certain limitations and guidelines that a medium needs to adopt and unfortunately this specific channel needs to understand that being controversial and not screening certain comments will end up in this current dilemma that they are being faced with in having their broadcasting licence revoked for four months. This is not the first time Channel 6 was warned for unwarranted comments and unhealthy contents aired to the populace.


When a democratic Head of State is being threatened with death, it’s totally unacceptable. And maybe this channel will understand and reconsider what is allowed to be broadcast to the world.


These days in Guyana everyone easily criticizes the government even for the heavy rainfall … There was once a time when Guyanese could not even hold peaceful demonstrations. How soon we forget.


I sometimes wonder if a television transmission licence would have been granted to so many independent broadcasting houses in Guyana if the opposition PNC regime were in power. Let alone criticizing them.


Any democratic society in the world will do exactly what was done to Channel 6. Some will go to the extent in revoking their licence indefinitely,


So Mr. Sharma during this suspension period its time to rethink and learn from the mistakes that Channel 6 had made to cause harm to itself and tarnish its image.
AYUBE KHAN
Toronto Canada

Nehru, are you the Indo-Guyana's Eric_Revenge?

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Originally posted by D2:
A woman called in to one of his shows and noted that if her family are murdered she will kill the President. That show was repeated three times. The President said it was careless and violated licensing agreements and suspended the TV Broadcasting License.That is it in summary.

If this act was committed in the U.S., will it be considered treason?

No, they will just haul the perp to gitmo.

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Originally posted by Terry Ishmael:
No, they will just haul the perp to gitmo.

The caller must have been a Muslim.