[kictanet] MEDIA COUNCIL AND CLASSIC105

[Grace Mutung'u (Bomu)]

The Media wanted freedom, so their relationship with CCK is very limited.
Media Council serves the role of enforcing their (media) self regulation.
This is really an interesting case, it will serve as a test on self
regulation and also on the threshold hours on content that everyone talks
about but no one really enforces.
rgds

2012/2/8 Mark Mwangi <mwangy at gmail.com>

> Doesn't the CCK have any jurisdiction on this?
>
> On 2/8/12, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) <nmutungu at gmail.com> wrote:
> > NEWS
> > Media Council furious at morning show
> > SHARE BOOKMARK PRINT EMAIL RATING
> > By AGGREY MUTAMBO amutambo@
> > ke.nationmedia. com
> > Posted Wednesday, February 8 2012 at 18:22
> > The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) has initiated
> > disciplinary action against one of the country's top
> > radio show for airing offensive material to an
> > inappropriate audience.
> > MCK chairman Levi Obonyo on Wednesday told
> > reporters that the Council, the statutory regulator
> > of media outlets in the country, would forward
> > Classic 105 to its Complaints Commission for
> > possible reprimand.
> > Prof Obonyo said members of the public had
> > complained about the content of a call-in
> > programme on Tuesday morning.
> > The programme's hosts had engaged their
> > audience in a discussion on the use sex for
> > material gain by women and probed the difference
> > between commercial sex workers and married
> > women.
> > “The Media Council registers its strong objection to
> > the broadcast carried by Classic FM on Tuesday
> > and is forwarding the matter to the Complaints
> > Commission for a hearing,” said Prof Obonyo.
> > The MCK chairman said the station had gone
> > against the code of ethics outlined in the Media Act
> > in which offensive, vulgar or obscene language is
> > prohibited.
> > Prof Obonyo told the news conference that Classic
> > FM erred by allowing callers to talk obscenities on
> > air.
> > According to MCK, the topic went against the “core
> > of human moral values” and was abusive to the
> > Kenyan public
> >
> > full story here:
> >
> www.nation.co.ke/News/Media+Council+furore+over+racy+morning+show/-/1056/1322890/-/4kot32z/-/index.html
> >
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> > Grace L.N. Mutung'u (Bomu)
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-- 
Grace L.N. Mutung'u (Bomu)
Kenya
Skype: gracebomu
Twitter: GraceMutung'u (Bomu)
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