Broadcasting authority to beef up monitoring of airwaves during elections

The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) is to engage foreign assistance towards establishing a mechanism to monitor the country’s airways during the coming general and regional elections scheduled for March 2, 2020.

Speaking to the media yesterday at the Authority’s Lamaha Street office, Chairman of GNBA’s Board of Directors, Leslie Sobers, said the initiative is aimed at augmenting the Authority’s capability to ensure that broadcasters comply with the requirements of the Broadcasting Act during that time.

The Broadcasting Act, among other things, requires programmes dealing with controversial public policy or matters of political or industrial controversy to meet standards of fairness and balance, and requires reporting of news to be objective, wide-ranging, and well informed in reporting matters of political controversy.