Should government put pressure on media

No government is already corrupted if they got control of media then they will do anything whatever they want means the common Indian will not be aware about any fact. Actually government is now ruling by the politician and how the politician are every one knows. So in some cases media need pressure what they should and what they should not but it should not be by govt we also can also control this by opposing their news.

No the government control will lead to govt. controlling media for it's own use. But for sure there should be some governing body which should be given power to monitor the behavior of media. This should be a tiger with teeth.

Dear Makrand,

Now which statement of mine made you get the attributed idea.

What I have conveyed is "Press must act more responsibly and ensure that it can contribute as positive watchdog for Government inactions and not the other way round". Citizens on their part can appreciate or reject a media for quality efficiency or otherwise as the case may be. 

How can a government that may be struggling to cover their own set of inactions, seen partisan in conduct, be expectedly objective in assessing the media.

Dear Sulagna,

One's irresponsibility is not automatically completed with others responsibility.VV

More responsible people are required in media and that is the only solution.

Else whatever of democracy is remaining may as well be lost.

Prabhakar I agree completely!1

Ravindra... It is indirectly telling me that you as a ctizen also need to be governed to express yourself by the government!! :)

Media, particularly the press, has the FREEDOM OF SPEECH for which they are entitled under the democratic laws of our country. At most a regulatory body to supervise content etc could be instilled to govern their actions. Beyond that you may as well ask the government to zip your lip and be happy with a King ruling you!! 

I totally agree with Mr Rao on this. There should be some independent body which can regulate this media for its content and objectivity may be like censor board or SEBI..

Currently even there are lots of media channels which favour some or the other political parties. I think this is the moral responsibility of Media as well that they should provide the correct information to the public without any biasing and to get the TRP. There are lots of channels currently airing which don’t have the content to show but because to get the TRP these people are playing with the emotions of the public.

If there will be a cap on media by the Government then media will not be able to open up the sensitive issues and the cases which got diluted somewhere because of Government only.

This will be good that media should continue independently with a check from some independent body and media should also understand their ethics, moral principle and responsibilities before showing any content.

In general, i am opposed to any kind of govt involvement in media. That is one institution which byd efinition, in theory and in practice, must be free.

Having said that, we must also point out that media in India, particularly the TV news variety are highly irresponsible. They practice the expose type of journalism to a faul;t by elevating every single thing to a high paced drama.

There should not be any curb on freedom of expression.

Media should be free to report on most topics and news, albeit there should be some norms so that unnecessary hype could be controlled and news reports endangering national security could be disallowed. 

People should be educated by some Government agency on not wasting their precious time in viewing frivolous and trivial news items.

I support Mr. Rao. An autonomous body, much like SEBI, is required to monitor these blokes.

Also, the monetary aspect, i.e., who is giving and how much is given and why it is given must be kept track of made known to the public. Especially funds from abroad.

There should also be a rule that the same news item should not be repeated more than 4 times in a single day. Also, the number of hours spent on discussing the same news item must be restricted. This would make the channels focus on more news rather than a single "News of the Day" which is repeated again and again. 

There must also be some control on "Trail by Media".

They should be free but only thing they should know the seriousness of the issue and should not try to overdo things to get the TRP, if they know and understand their responsibility then every thing is ok.   

Hi Sulagna, thanks to have invited me in this discussion.

Unlukily, I've to disagree with your opinion: also if there are issues as a matter of fact, a clear trend for more independent media is needed. To the sake of individual autonomy and collective well being

My 2 cents

Media is one of the tool available to the mass to propagate opinions / news . It is no more objective. It is always biased. In the sense that, it is reflecting the opinion of the organisation it belongs / Govt agencies it trusts / groups in which it has interest to develop.In  To days India, every political or social group has a media control to emit its interest to its group. It can not be & should not be controlled by Govt. Its only the population need to understand from where it comes from & what colour it has. Say BBC, VOA, SUN, NDTV, ZEE etc. Reporter, ' it is needless to describe, take the interest of the origin where it has its faith & belief it is good for it.

We need to analysis it in our perspective. We can not expect a colourless message from media anymore.

There should be a freedom of expression.  Putting a control on media will result it becoming like a mouthpiece of ruling govt.  It will create more harm than benefits.  Imagine in current situation of coalition government with different mix of parties at center as well as state...Media will get sandwiched!

Rather there has to be a self regulation/code of conduct. And no doubt right of expression is grossly been misused by media.  They are lacking a genuineness, reliability & effectiveness.  Media holds the matter only till it is hot and viewed by people.  We don't even know how many things media keeps / wraps under the carpet & earn benefits.

If media people themselves advocating that,,their must be some profound reasons,,I'd not use the word 'pressure',, in a democracy every one should have the freedom but at he same time every one should be made accountable..

Thanks Sulagna for inviting.

They must be free because they themselves understand their responsibilities towards nation.

Restricting the media equates to restricting freedom of speech. I dont think anyone should be reporting news according to their views, they can form opinions according to their views but the report should be authentic and there should be accountability.