
The
Ministry of Mass Media and Information has recently proposed a Draft
‘Code of Media Ethics’. Upon reading the preliminary draft which has
been made available selectively, the writer would like to highlight
certain immediate concerns about this step by the Ministry. These
concerns are primarily made for the preservation of an essential element
of democracy; the freedom of the Media. There shall be no specific
comment on the content of the Draft Code at this juncture as it would be
premature even though on a perusal of the same it is much warranted.