Immoral TV shows

Immoral TV shows

From Media Indonesia

Television stations provide entertainment for their viewers, as well as information and education. However, with the increasingly intense competition between the stations in wooing the viewers, TV executives seem to be ignoring the fact that their programs are devoid of moral values, and are frequently tantamount to pornography.

The broadcasting law's prohibition on pornography seems to have escaped their notice, as evident by the fact the many TV dramas portray vulgar scenes that are alien to our cultural values. What are the relevant government agencies, like the National Information Institute and the Film Censorship Board, doing to stop this? The government should proactively respond to this issue as it is the government that allows the TV channels to operate in the first place by granting them licenses.

In view of the highly strategic role of the mass media in conveying messages to society and influencing people's behavior, TV should not be allowed to give rise to a moral crisis to worsen the multidimensional crisis already prevailing in the country.

NURUL KUMARI Indonesia Bureaucracy & Service Watch Jakarta