Watchdog issues recommendation to broadcaster over false report

Watchdog issues recommendation to broadcaster over false report

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Television Network Corp. President Noritada Hosokawa meets the press in Tokyo on July 30 after the Broadcasting Ethics & Program Improvement Organization recommended that NTV air a program investigating its news report that falsely said the Gifu prefectural government had been amassing slush funds.

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