The National Press Day and quality in Indian Media
Today, we are celebrating the National Press Day, to commemorate the establishment of the Press council of India, which was formed in 1966, the fundamental work of the Council to check the quality of the reportage being provided by the Indian Press. This is not secret, how Indian media reporting as far as qualities are concerned, specially by the electronic media. I don’t have any idea, what all has been done by the Press council of India to check the quality of reporting Freedom of expression is fundamental right as stated in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Globally , those of who have to work for press are facing difficulties, like working under extreme pressure of authorities and influences of corporate-driven media houses. People from the press have been incarcerated on the false cases, facing torture/abduction and in the many cases in India or elsewhere they have been killed for expressing the truth. In the 2020 World Press Freedom Index , India ...