Turkish Watchdog Warns TV Networks Over Wildfire Coverage
- Moves follows intense criticism of efforts to put out fires
- Channels face bans and fines if they ignore the instruction
A man moves farm animals away from an advancing fire in Mugla, Marmaris district, Turkey on Aug. 2.
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Turkey’s broadcasting watchdog ordered TV networks to restrain their coverage of forest fires sweeping the country’s southwest, after intense criticism of government attempts to extinguish the blazes.
“We are not against reporting the wildfires, we are against content that creates uproar and chaos,” Ibrahim Uslu, deputy chairman of the the Radio and Television Supreme Council, said by phone on Tuesday.