Media should confine itself to sincere journalism, not use affect to broaden enterprise: CJI Ramana

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Media should confine itself to sincere journalism and never use it as a instrument to broaden its affect and enterprise pursuits, stated Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana on Tuesday.

Ramana stated a media home with “other business interests” turns into susceptible to exterior pressures and infrequently enterprise pursuits prevail over the spirit of impartial journalism which compromises democracy.

Asserting that impartial journalism is the “backbone of democracy”, the CJI “a former journalist– also urged the stakeholders to introspect why the standards here are not considered good enough for international recognition and laurel in the field of journalism.” He was talking on the launch of Gulab Chand Kothari’s e-book titled ‘The Gita Vijnana Upanishad’.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla presided over the occasion.

Last week, the CJI had raised comparable considerations and stated, “agenda-driven debates” and “kangaroo courts” being run by media are detrimental to the well being of democracy.

These current remarks by Ramana assume significance following the backlash to a verdict earlier this month on former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s feedback on Prophet Mohammad, which the Supreme Court stated had stoked communal stress throughout the nation.

“When a media house has other business interests, it becomes vulnerable to external pressures. Often, business interests prevail over the spirit of independent journalism. As a result, democracy gets compromised,” Ramana stated on Tuesday.

“Journalists are the eyes and the ears of the people. It is the responsibility of media houses to present facts. Especially in the Indian social scenario, people still believe that whatever is printed is true. All I want to say is that the media must confine itself to honest journalism without using it as a tool to expand its influence and business interests,” he stated.

While the nation’s senior-most choose acknowledged the presence of “journalists who are equally enthused in today’s media”, he remarked that when an excellent story filed by a journalist is killed on the desk, it’s totally demoralising.

He stated the “true nature” of a media home could be assessed and applicable conclusions drawn from their conduct throughout testing occasions as he recollected that “only media houses without business baggage, were able to fight for democracy during the dark days of Emergency”.

CJI Ramana additionally stated there was no “systemic support” for journalists within the nation and neither was there an award which was similar to the Pulitzer or “many Pulitzer winning journalists”.

NEW DELHI: Media should confine itself to sincere journalism and never use it as a instrument to broaden its affect and enterprise pursuits, stated Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana on Tuesday.

Ramana stated a media home with “other business interests” turns into susceptible to exterior pressures and infrequently enterprise pursuits prevail over the spirit of impartial journalism which compromises democracy.

Asserting that impartial journalism is the “backbone of democracy”, the CJI “a former journalist– also urged the stakeholders to introspect why the standards here are not considered good enough for international recognition and laurel in the field of journalism.” He was talking on the launch of Gulab Chand Kothari’s e-book titled ‘The Gita Vijnana Upanishad’.

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla presided over the occasion.

Last week, the CJI had raised comparable considerations and stated, “agenda-driven debates” and “kangaroo courts” being run by media are detrimental to the well being of democracy.

These current remarks by Ramana assume significance following the backlash to a verdict earlier this month on former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s feedback on Prophet Mohammad, which the Supreme Court stated had stoked communal stress throughout the nation.

“When a media house has other business interests, it becomes vulnerable to external pressures. Often, business interests prevail over the spirit of independent journalism. As a result, democracy gets compromised,” Ramana stated on Tuesday.

“Journalists are the eyes and the ears of the people. It is the responsibility of media houses to present facts. Especially in the Indian social scenario, people still believe that whatever is printed is true. All I want to say is that the media must confine itself to honest journalism without using it as a tool to expand its influence and business interests,” he stated.

While the nation’s senior-most choose acknowledged the presence of “journalists who are equally enthused in today’s media”, he remarked that when an excellent story filed by a journalist is killed on the desk, it’s totally demoralising.

He stated the “true nature” of a media home could be assessed and applicable conclusions drawn from their conduct throughout testing occasions as he recollected that “only media houses without business baggage, were able to fight for democracy during the dark days of Emergency”.

CJI Ramana additionally stated there was no “systemic support” for journalists within the nation and neither was there an award which was similar to the Pulitzer or “many Pulitzer winning journalists”.