The Commissioner of Police, Chester Williams, says that Channel 7 News posted false information on the Company’s Facebook page.
According to Williams, the media house posted last night that they had received information of a narco plane landing in Northern Belize to which the Commissioner of Police says is false news, misleading, irresponsible, and a violation of the Laws of Belize.
Williams added that Police investigators have since been tasked to investigate this matter with a view to bringing charges against the particular media house.
“Time and time again some media houses acted irresponsibly and fed the public false information”, Williams went on to say “police will not deny the media access to information; however, media houses must be responsible in their reporting to avoid creating chaos.”
Whenever private citizens spread false news they are dealt with according to the law, it is therefore only right that the media be held to a higher standard,”.
