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Asserting that constructive journalism fosters corporate responsibility, Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan connected Sunday stressed the value of ensuring entree to credible information, informing that the lack of reliable accusation could alienate young radical and permission them susceptible to undesirable influences.
“The affirmative activities taking spot successful nine should beryllium reported properly. Only past volition youngsters person the close information. Otherwise, they whitethorn suffer involvement and statesman pursuing the cockroach,” helium said, successful an evident notation to the Cockroach Janata Party, a governmental question believed to beryllium gaining traction among sections of the youth.
Mr. Radhakrishnan was inaugurating the 140th day celebrations of Deepika, the Malayalam regular and mouthpiece of the Catholic Church, successful Kottayam.
Clarifying that helium was not opposed to state of expression, the Vice-President questioned the abrupt popularity of the outfit. “How bash you measure a question successful conscionable a azygous day? If it is good, you tin recognize it aft a week, 10 days oregon adjacent a month. Nobody knew astir them, and each of a abrupt it is coming up everywhere. That cannot deliver,” helium said.
The Vice-President noted that newspapers go almighty agents of societal alteration erstwhile they item compassion, technological progress, assemblage service, biology protection, and quality achievement. “We should not comprehend authorities successful everything. Instead, we should absorption connected development. Journalism tin play a captious relation successful this regard,” helium said.
At the aforesaid time, helium pointed to challenges confronting the media, including misinformation, declining nationalist trust, commercialisation etc. Mr. Radhakrishnan besides presented the Deepika Excellence Awards to individuals who person made notable contributions successful antithetic fields.
Importance of escaped press
Delivering the keynote address, Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan underscored the value of a captious and autarkic media. Expressing interest implicit India’s ranking of 157 successful the World Press Freedom Index, helium said a vibrant ideology required a escaped property susceptible of holding those successful powerfulness accountable.
Mr. Satheesan besides commended Deepika for its editorials connected issues affecting farmers and mean citizens and said efforts would beryllium made to code concerns raised done specified interventions.
Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar presided implicit the function. Others who spoke included Speaker Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, MP K. Francis George, Water Resources Minister Mons Joseph and Kottayam Archbishop Mar Mathew Moolakkatt.
