Georgian opposition parties said on Thursday...
with top Russian officials.Koba Davitashvili, leader of the People"s Party, another opposition group, said the lawsuit would be filed not only because opposition politicians had been branded traitors in the report but also because it had threatened the health and lives of many people.
The broadcast, which used the channel"s normal news graphics, began with a warning that the program showed a sequence of possible events that could occur "if Georgian society is not united against Russia"s plans."
The news item included clips of panicked residents trying to flee Tbilisi and reported that there was panic in Gori, Mtskheta and other regions.
The staged images and words rung true, however, when viewers who did not see the introduction took the report at face value. People from all over the country began to call each other and the TV studio to find out what was really happening.
The report contravened Georgian broadcasters" code of conduct by
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