In Tamil Nadu, the inequalities and social justice that exists in journalism cannot be found anywhere else. The reason is that I am a big newspaper, I am a big television, and you are a small newspaper. People don’t know the truth. I don’t know what journalism is.
Just as most of the political parties do not know what politics is, the same is the case in the press, if I have this identity card, I can call myself a journalist today. The reason for this is that in the field of journalism, it is politics, governance and power that determine the quality of journalism.
If a magazine wants to grow, it needs to get government support and advertisements. Keep it in the hands of the rulers and give it to whom? Who should not give? It is up to them to decide. This committee of accreditation of journalists has been set up according to which corporate organizations are favorable to them.
ie Hindu, Times of India, Dhinakaran, Indian Express, News7 TV, Polymer TV, News 18 TV, these are the only members. How can they suggest to give concessional ads to mainstream newspapers and eligible newspapers? Apart from this, two ordinary journalists like us should be included in this group. People power has been struggling for six years. It has no effect. Here the journalism industry has been working to bring down the strong and the simple. On the one hand, the rules for this press ID card are incorrect.
How can you buy RNI in Chennai for RNI given by central government? Should it be published in Chennai only? Only then can the government issue an identity card to this is a false decree put in the news department.
How many states have ordinances like this? Will the press report that? Also, there is not social justice in journalism. Even yesterday when I went to the head office to meet the director and secretaries about this, I was informed that the CM, had gone to the meeting. Also, only those who are given this opportunity by the government can develop newspapers. Is that opportunity also available to qualified press and television? This is the main question ? Otherwise, if we are talking about the common good as a selfish group, how can we get justice there?
Next, tell these corporate magazine and TV magazine and journalists to run a magazine like us and find success in it? Then they will know what their skills and qualifications are. Also, when traveling in a crowd in a bus or train, the situation of those who got seats is the situation of corporate magazines. But our situation is the situation of those who travel standing in the traffic, standing with pain in their feet.
Neither the state government nor the central government understands the situation of these ordinary newspapers. Next, only those who agree with these people have an offer, if advertisements, then there is no need for newspapers and television. Until today, the information department of the central and state government does not know that this is the tax money of the people? Besides, don’t the authorities have the power to fix all these messes in the news industry? No
Political interference in this is the recognition of the press? Without knowing anything, they are posting news until something comes, the meetings are showing that this is the magazine, RNI and ID card that this is the magazine, forming an association for this, water is not coming here, the pipe is broken, the bridge is cracked, they opened this, they visited that, all these news. What pride is there in calling myself a journalist?
Even though the journalism industry has undergone many changes today, the same rules that were laid down in 1947 remain till today. Today, when everything is growing into digital media, recognition and changes should be given to everything. Even more important is determining the quality of these journals, which is very, very important. Now it is known to general public that Dhinakaran newspaper is a party-oriented newspaper. That newspaper gets all government advertisement and concessions. Because the rulers are themselves. This is simply unacceptable.
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The party is different, your rule and power is for the common people. If you decide that your party is here, it is selfish. Not common interest. Is journalism selfish? Or public interest? It is for the government officials and rulers to decide. Also, social interest journalism and journalists are consistently denied priority. This is a huge shame and disgrace to the journalism industry.
Are corporate magazines eligible to enjoy this offer and advertisements? How is the government wasting billions of people’s tax money on commercial, political party-based newspapers and televisions? The job of journalism is to tell people the truth. Covering up is not journalism’s job. But, do the corporate press know these facts?
Don’t you know?
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It is not known. However, the makkal adhikaram media continues to publish these messages. Is the government the solution? Or is the court the solution? A request to the Tamil Nadu government from the social welfare press and journalists who are fighting for social justice.
Also, the governor should reconsider this decree is the main social justice demand of the press informing the governor that they know that the social welfare magazine and journalists like us are also struggling to get a place in this committee.
