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| Don't 'break the news': CM | | | Early Times Reporter
Srinagar | Oct 17
Though in a lighter vain, but the Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad today had a deep dig at media, particularly the television news channels for trivializing the news and depriving the people of quality information.
Speaking at the second All India Editors' Conference here today, the Chief Minister said that the media should not "break the news" while breaking news.
"In the name of breaking news, one should not break the news," Azad said inviting peels of laughter among journalists from various parts of the country who had gathered here for the Second Editors Conference on Social Infrastructure.
"Breaking news has become a fashion. If a wife does not serve tea to her husband suddenly becomes a breaking news," Azad said wryly.
Azad while making some general observations about the media sid projection of only negative news was sending a wrong picture about the country throughout the world.
The Chief Minister said media definitely is the fourth estate of the democracy and the right of expression is enshrined in the Constitution. "But I wonder do we need to hire an external agency to promote the good work done by the government. Is it not the responsibility of the media," he asked.
"Once switching on the TV, it seems that the entire country was burning...This does not project the correct image of the country in the international fora," he said and claimed that during the rule of Congress-led UPA, an all round development was being attempted in rural and urban development which does not find a mention in any television channel.
"Negative news is not the only news," Azad said while asking the media to promote the development as well while being a critic wherever the government does anything wrong.
Highlighting the achievements of his government, Azad said that the focus is on minimising human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir , the militancy-hit state is on the verge of not having a single custodial disappearance this year if the present trend continues.
He voiced this optimism on the human rights situation in the border state here today saying no case of custodial disappearance has been reported so far in 2007 unlike in the previous years since the outbreak of militancy in the late eighties.
"We want to ensure there is no human rights violation. So far in the first 10 months in 2007, there has been no case of custodial disappearance reported and I hope this will remain for the rest of the two months as well," he said.
"A strong message was sent last year when a Senior Superintendent of Police along with nearly 10 cops were sent to jail for killing innocents and labelling them as terrorists," Azad said.
The state government was laying special emphasis to ensure that no innocent was harassed by the security forces, the Chief Minister said at the function which was attended by Union Rural Development Minister Raghuvansh Prasad, Ministers of State R Velu (Railways) and M A A Fatmi (HRD).
"We want to achieve the zero tolerance as the goal has been set by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. It is the endeavour of the state and Central Government to ensure that," he said. |
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