Zee chief on backfoot?

IN Media Watch Briefs | 08/03/2016

On Monday when the Delhi government decided to take legal action against channels which had been accused of airing doctored footage on the JNU episode, Zee TV owner Subhash Chandra went on his channel at night saying they had not doctored any videos and the allegations against Zee TV were false. He also warned the BJP that they should not think that Zee TV was 'their' channel. "Zee TV is not a BJP channel...it is the people's channel" Chandra said. He also asked those who believed in Zee TV to speak out in their favour as they were under attack on the JNU video issue.

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