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| ET made victim for raising pro-Jammu sentiment Ministers, legislators and other so-called champions of cause of Jammu maintain silence | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
Jammu, Dec 17: The Early Times is being made a victim by the government for raising the voice of Jammu and projecting the sorry plight of the people of the region. Surprisingly, none of the local Congress ministers and legislators, who claim to be the champions of the cause of Jammu have so far come forward either in ET support, or to ask the government to exercise its authority in a democratic manner. The ET had the option of either toeing the government line, or continue highlighting the pro-Jammu sentiment as regards the discrimination with the region. It, however, decided to stick to the 'journalism of truth and courage'.
While doing so, the newspaper got immense support of its valuable readers, but in the process, the government turned against it and imposed "economic sanctions" on it by way of stopping advertisement. Though the ET would continue to carry forward its struggle despite the government onslaught, it becomes the suo moto duty of every local minister and MLA to join hands with the newspaper to keep live its pro-Jammu campaign. At the same time, they ought to impress upon the government that the sustainability of media is essential for the existence and promotion of an independent press, which is crucial for providing diverse information.
The ET, committed to strictly adhering to the ethics of journalism, continues to get a step-motherly treatment as regards its share of the government advertisement. One thing is quite clear that by stopping advertisement to ET, the government has virtually indulged in gagging the freedom of press. A greater responsibility now lies on the shoulders of those politicians, including ministers and MLAs, who believe in the freedom of the press. At present, only the yesmen type "editors", who are accidentally in this profession and who spend most of their time in the information department, are getting the undue share of advertisement.
Instead of stooping so low, the ET has always given priority to the cause of journalism over all compulsions. Some journalists, who have a proven track record in the profession, have expressed serious concern over the government's apathetic attitude towards ET and hoped that good sense would soon prevail upon it and the issue would be sorted out by it at the earliest in the wider interest of the newspaper industry. |
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