{"id":98400,"date":"2017-06-13T06:10:57","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T06:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/?p=98400"},"modified":"2017-06-13T06:10:57","modified_gmt":"2017-06-13T06:10:57","slug":"responsible-press-needed-hold-power-account-open-society-vice-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/98400","title":{"rendered":"A responsible press is needed to hold power to account in our open society-  Vice President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">New Delh, June 12 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; The Vice President of India, Shri M. Hamid Ansari has said that in an open society like ours, we <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-96331 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/hamid-ansari.jpg\" alt=\"hamid ansari\" width=\"232\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/hamid-ansari.jpg 268w, https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/hamid-ansari-252x300.jpg 252w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/>need a responsible press to hold power to account. He was addressing an event to launch the commemorative edition of National Herald, in Bengaluru, Karnataka today. The Governor of Karnataka, Shri Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala, the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri K. Siddaramaiah, the Vice President, AICC, Shri Rahul Gandhi and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0The Vice President said that the history of journalism in India is closely linked to the history of our freedom struggle. The Press played an important role in educating, convincing and mobilizing our people, he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Vice President said that Jawaharlal Nehru envisioned a free, unfettered and honest press and he watched over the interests of media persons in independent India. The Working Journalists Act, which tried to give a degree of protection to journalists, to ensure freedom of press, was largely his doing, he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Vice President said that in this age of \u2018post-truths\u2019, and \u2018alternative facts\u2019, where \u2018advertorials\u2019 and \u2018response features\u2019 edge-out editorials, we would do well to recall Nehru\u2019s vision of the press playing its role of a watchdog in democracy and look at the ethos and principles that powered his journalism. He further said that our Constitutional framework provides for required intervention by the State to ensure smooth working of the press and the society. The laws provide that such intervention should only be in the interest of the public at large, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delh, June 12 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; The Vice President of India, Shri M. Hamid Ansari has said that in an open society like ours, we need a responsible press to hold power to account. He was addressing an event to launch the commemorative edition of National Herald, in Bengaluru, Karnataka today. 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