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| Wednesday, 31 March 2004 |
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If the situation was not that serious it could be called a hilarious comedy - the bull in a China shop happenings at the SLBC and Rupavahini yesterday. It started in the afternoon, when according to reports, the shrill ring of the telephone broke the quiet of the afternoon. The Competent Authority we are told, picked up the phone. The voice at the other end of the line claimed to be that of a Hela Uramaya monk was in high dungeon, taking offence with a programme which was on at the time. The CA swung into action forthwith and had the programme in question halted half way, only to be told that he had made a king sized faux pax, for the programme he had had decapitated was an inoffensive one about the famous artist Manjusri. Just across the road, another drama was being enacted and this time, too, the CA played the stellar role. It concerned the highest rated Rupavahini programme, 'Fingerprint', which has an audience even exceeding that of the news bulletin. Evidently the CA, we almost said Censor, wanted to view the programme even before it had been compiled, according to a senior Rupavahini staffer. But not satisfied with this explanation, the CA allegedly acting on a complaint from UNo Who banned 'Fingerprint', even without viewing the programme, which was about the Millennium City Safehouse episode's. Meanwhile, some FMM types were undoubtedly bashing the State media ,sans any restrictions. O tempara O Mores! |
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