Is the Media deliberately dividing People?
By siliconindia   |   Monday, 31 October 2011, 22:57 IST   |    35 Comments
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Moreover, "Paid news" has been another stain on the media. This came to the fore in the 2009 elections. Many journalists approached candidates and asked them money to publish news in their favor. There have also been cases of some regional news channels seeking huge amounts from famous people and institutions or else "we would publish adverse news against you", they threaten. Such are the low standards some of our television media have scaled. It is high time government forms a media regulatory body that could check the excesses of electronic media. Initially, the television news media needs to be brought under the Press Council of India, as suggested by Katju.

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