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Focus on issues of national importance, PM tells media
Monday January 02, 2012 04:40:25 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: There should be no outside control on the
media, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Monday while
stressing that it should focus on issues of national importance
and uproot evils like paid news.
"I am very happy that our media is independent... it has an
important role in the country. There should be no external control
on the media but representatives from the media should find a way
that would promote objectivity rather than sensationalism,"
Manmohan Singh said while issuing a postage stamp in honour of the
late Puran Chandra Gupta, founder of the Hindi daily Dainik Jagran.
He also expressed concern over paid news in journalism.
"The media should increase the coverage of issues of national
importance. I hope that to uproot the evils like paid news, media
will make an attempt and be successful," he said.
Lauding the contribution of Gupta in the realm of journalism,
Manmohan Singh said: "He promoted fearless and independent
journalism throughout his life and this kind of journalism is very
important for any democracy."
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