Chennai: The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) has condemned TV News channels for alleged moral policing of women, who it said were “sexually harassed, shamed and hounded by the camerapersons” of the channels at the Big Bull Lounge in Chennai. In a statement issued in this regard, the NWMI condemned the recent ‘coverage’ by certain Tamil news outlets of an incident at the Big Bull Lounge in Chennai.
“Not only was the incident misreported, women at the bar were sexually harassed, shamed and hounded by the camerapersons of Thanthi Tv, Polimer News and News Tamil 24*7, operating in paparazzi style,” the NWMI said in a statement. “Coverage of this kind can only be described as sexual harassment. The onus for this lies with the respective editors-in-chief of the three media outlets who have allowed, if not encouraged, lewd and sexualised reportage on their channels,” it added.
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— NWMIndia (@NWM_India) November 24, 2023
The incident was misreported & women at the bar were sexually harassed, shamed & hounded by camerapersons of the news outlets.https://t.co/vXEEls2h2gNWMI condemns the recent ‘coverage’ by @ThanthiTV , @polimernews & @NewsTamilTV24x7 of an incident at Big Bull Lounge, Chennai.
— NWMIndia (@NWM_India) November 24, 2023
The incident was misreported & women at the bar were sexually harassed, shamed & hounded by camerapersons of the news outlets.https://t.co/vXEEls2h2g
The NWMI said that none of the channels have so far acknowledged the “misreporting and sexual harassment of multiple women who happened to be at the location that evening”. “Nor have they apologised for violating the privacy of the women, for attempting to broadcast their identities without their consent, and for hounding them with cameras while yelling obscene questions at them,” it said.