Real journalism is about facing facts, presenting truth, and letting all sides platform to present their views: I&B Minister Anurag Thakur
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur has said that the COVID-19 crisis has thrown up challenges as well as provided an opportunity not just to re-invent journalism, but to redefine the media as a trusted source of news and information. He said, real journalism is about facing the facts, presenting the truth, and letting all sides the platform to present their views.
Addressing a meeting of the Asia Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development-AIBD in New Delhi today, the Union Minister said, in his personal opinion the biggest threat to mainstream media is not from new age digital platforms, but rather the mainstream media channel itself. He pointed out that if any channel decided to invite guests who are polarising, who spread false narratives, and who shout at the top of their lungs – the credibility of that channel goes down. Mr Thakur said, the country’s mainstream media organizations have a great challenge to provide truthful accurate, and reliable news faster while preserving media ethics and values.
The Minister added that Instead of compromising our values in this fierce competition, we must work hard to preserve professionalism. He added that journalists are duty bound to report news without fabrication, despite temptations to compete with those who propagate false news.
