'Disrespect' dims Hebei station

The country's broadcasting regulator on Saturday suspended a city TV channel for one month after one of its programs allegedly misrepresented events, magnified family conflict and depicted disrespect toward an elderly parent.

SARFT said in a circular that the movie channel of Shijiazhuang TV in Hebei province had "magnified distorted ethics and moral values" and "caused extremely negative social effects".

On June 29, the channel aired the 36-minute talk show Emotional Codes, which purported to depict real-life scenes involving a husband, his wife and the man's elderly father. During the segment, the son treated his father disrespectfully, at one point berating him and threatening to take him to court over money.