Media censorship impossible: Jaitley
Media censorship
impossible in these days, says Arun Jaitley Censorship
of information in this day is "an impossibility", information
and broadcasting (I&B) minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday
but observed that aberrations like 'paid news' were likely to creep
in when news organizations did not have "realistic" financial models.
He said the definition of news and the behavior of consumer had
changed with technological advancement and "something that camera cannot
capture is hardly news these days". Articulating his views on the
media scene at a function here, Jaitley said, "One of the worries is
that the financial model for all (news) organizations must be a
realistic model. If the financial model is not realistic, and then there must be imperfections in it. And these imperfections will lead to aberrations. Paid news is one such aberration." Paid news has been a concern about which even the Election Commission has been looking at ways to deal with. Jaitley, who also holds finance
ministry portfolio, said that in this time of competition and to gain more eyeballs, it may seem that quality is being compromised. However, he added that he had faith that in the long run, the best will succeed. He said the rapid advances of technology in broadcasting sector have brought along their own challenges and it is difficult to predict the future horizons of this evolution. Jaitley said social media was available to all and a correction only needed to be issued on this new media which would spread like wild fire. Talking about radio sector, he said it was witnessing a revival with FM channels leading the comeback. He also lauded the quality of All India Radio broadcasting. With tools of information dissemination freely available, Jaitley said
he had at times read his own speeches which he had never delivered. In a lighter vein, he added that the “consolation” to him as the finance minister is that “at least one sector of manufacturing is doing well”, in an apparent reference to media sector......
realistic model. If the financial model is not realistic, and then there must be imperfections in it. And these imperfections will lead to aberrations. Paid news is one such aberration." Paid news has been a concern about which even the Election Commission has been looking at ways to deal with. Jaitley, who also holds finance
ministry portfolio, said that in this time of competition and to gain more eyeballs, it may seem that quality is being compromised. However, he added that he had faith that in the long run, the best will succeed. He said the rapid advances of technology in broadcasting sector have brought along their own challenges and it is difficult to predict the future horizons of this evolution. Jaitley said social media was available to all and a correction only needed to be issued on this new media which would spread like wild fire. Talking about radio sector, he said it was witnessing a revival with FM channels leading the comeback. He also lauded the quality of All India Radio broadcasting. With tools of information dissemination freely available, Jaitley said
he had at times read his own speeches which he had never delivered. In a lighter vein, he added that the “consolation” to him as the finance minister is that “at least one sector of manufacturing is doing well”, in an apparent reference to media sector......
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