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What’s the best answer? The Jurassic Parks of Print Regulations
2016-05-06
Abolishing the aged Press Council and adopting a modern democratic system in print regulation is recommended
With several celebrations taking place to mark the International World Press Freedom Day, media issues dominated the socio-political platforms this week. Added to this was the controversies that surrounded the Secretary to Media Ministry.
Looking at the main topics that echoed from many platforms, two issues that dominated those deliberations; ‘media regulation’ and ‘professionalism’. A well-known media critique the Prime Minister himself repeated his strong sentiments at two platforms this week –firstly at the twentieth anniversary celebrations of the Muslim Media Forum and then at the launch of the report “Rebuilding Public Trust” published by the Secretariat for Media Reforms at the Kadirgamar Centre on Press Freedom Day.
His basic criticism was on the subject of news reporting by some newspapers. He accused that some reports were biased and challenged their accuracy. On one occasion he said that the journalist in question had not contacted the main player of their story – referring to no other than the leader of the opposition.
These accusations, if carefully analysed were directly related to basic ethics in journalism. One- hundred per cent accuracy and impartiality are among the four main pillars of ethical journalism. The other two are accountability and minimising harm. If the accusations are true, those news reports have violated all four norms – the fourth one minimising harm being the biggest concern as those news items were linked to the subject of ethnic harmony in the country.
At the Muslim Media Forum function, the Prime Minister challenged the Press the Complaints Commission (PCCSL) to take necessary action on those news reports. The CEO of the PCCSL, Sukumar Rockwood was also present at the occasion. Out of curiosity I asked Sukumar yesterday as to what action has been taken with regard to this issue as there was an open requests to the PCCSL by the Prime Minister in a public speech. “We will be writing to him [ the Prime Minister) explaining the procedure regarding complaints,” said Sukumar explaining that according to PCCSL procedures, there exists a process that any complainant should adhere to. Either the PM’s office on behalf of the government or the Leader of Opposition could lodge a complaint following the procedure and then an inquiry will begin he added.
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2016-05-06Abolishing the aged Press Council and adopting a modern democratic system in print regulation is recommended
With several celebrations taking place to mark the International World Press Freedom Day, media issues dominated the socio-political platforms this week. Added to this was the controversies that surrounded the Secretary to Media Ministry.
Looking at the main topics that echoed from many platforms, two issues that dominated those deliberations; ‘media regulation’ and ‘professionalism’. A well-known media critique the Prime Minister himself repeated his strong sentiments at two platforms this week –firstly at the twentieth anniversary celebrations of the Muslim Media Forum and then at the launch of the report “Rebuilding Public Trust” published by the Secretariat for Media Reforms at the Kadirgamar Centre on Press Freedom Day.
His basic criticism was on the subject of news reporting by some newspapers. He accused that some reports were biased and challenged their accuracy. On one occasion he said that the journalist in question had not contacted the main player of their story – referring to no other than the leader of the opposition.
These accusations, if carefully analysed were directly related to basic ethics in journalism. One- hundred per cent accuracy and impartiality are among the four main pillars of ethical journalism. The other two are accountability and minimising harm. If the accusations are true, those news reports have violated all four norms – the fourth one minimising harm being the biggest concern as those news items were linked to the subject of ethnic harmony in the country.
At the Muslim Media Forum function, the Prime Minister challenged the Press the Complaints Commission (PCCSL) to take necessary action on those news reports. The CEO of the PCCSL, Sukumar Rockwood was also present at the occasion. Out of curiosity I asked Sukumar yesterday as to what action has been taken with regard to this issue as there was an open requests to the PCCSL by the Prime Minister in a public speech. “We will be writing to him [ the Prime Minister) explaining the procedure regarding complaints,” said Sukumar explaining that according to PCCSL procedures, there exists a process that any complainant should adhere to. Either the PM’s office on behalf of the government or the Leader of Opposition could lodge a complaint following the procedure and then an inquiry will begin he added.
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