12:42 TV journalists face punishment for April 1 joke
The Ministry of Information of Kuwait is set to punish the local television journalists for a April 1 joke. On April 1, Your House show brodcast a breaking story allegedly on behalf of the emirate's government. The news report said that all debts on consumption loans would be written off by the government. Viewers received the news with joy.
However, the journalists later confessed that it was nothing more but an April 1 joke. The Ministry of Information officials expressed anger, promising to investigate the incident and subject all the responsible to administrative prosecution.
The journalists are accused of "irresponsibility" and "degrading the honor of the official information source", reports the Russian news agency RIA Novosti.
However, the journalists later confessed that it was nothing more but an April 1 joke. The Ministry of Information officials expressed anger, promising to investigate the incident and subject all the responsible to administrative prosecution.
The journalists are accused of "irresponsibility" and "degrading the honor of the official information source", reports the Russian news agency RIA Novosti.
