Re: Media freedom vs Protecting the public interest
You brought up a great topic! I personally think these sort of programs should seriously be censored by the government. I remember during old times it wasn't as bad like ptv didn't show stuff like astrology and fortune tellers but now its all over the place. I honestly think even in the government you have politicians and a great majority of public who believe in these things therefore i don't think it would be possible to pass a law since quackery is so widespread in pakistan. Here in USA we watch geo and ary and I see all these ads of pir babas on a daily basis and I am pretty sure most of them are frauds. I remember couple of years ago in our city they publicized a pir baba in a newspaper and he made millions of dollars and it turned out to be a fraud, they reported it to the police but police can't do anything here since everyone willingly gave him their money, lol. The least media can do is run an advisory before the ad that they can't guarantee the authenticity of the amal or treatment or whatever they call it and if the viewers choose to contact this person they should do so at their own risk.