Veteran journalists on Saturday pressed for the need of a new
media council to not only monitor the print and electronic media but
also the social media which in today's times plays a major role in
shaping the views of public.
Speaking on the Challenges faced by media on the Annual State
Convention of Indian Media Centre (IMC), former Editor-in-Chief of The
Tribune Hari Jaisingh said that there is a need of Media Council of
India to keep a check on not only the print and electronic media but
also the social media. The Annual State convention of IMC's Delhi
Chapter witnessed the presence of many veteran journalists Deenanath
Mishr, KG Suresh, Shivaji Sarkar, Sanjana Sharma amongst others.
Advocating the need of a new council, Jaisingh who was the Chief Guest
on this occasion said, "Social media needs to be brought under the ambit
of a new council because there is a need of regulating social
networking sites as they have put fresh challenges before the media.
Plus, the role played by these websites cannot be undermined." Another
prominent member of IMC Shyam Khosla also voiced the same concerns and
stressed on the need of a Media Council of India.
Jaisingh also praised the young journalists and said their basics are
sound but pointed out the need to provide guidance to them. He said that
media should contribute to the development of the nation by
enlightening public. He, however, lamented, "The media today is at
crossroads but we would like to see it away with this confusion by
sticking to the values of journalism." He added that media's role should
be informing the public objectively and correctly and commended the
journalists of small cities for their grassroots work.
Jaisingh also commented upon the issues highlighted by the media in the
recent times and said, "it is good that media is highlighting the issue
of corruption but it should also focus on other problems like
unemployemt, over-population and crime against women."
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