Either self regulate or face other measures: Vice President
New Delhi: Vice-President Hamid Ansari on Friday said there was a need for “self-regulation” of the media or “external corrective” measures.
The Vice-President was speaking at the release of a new book ‘Journalism: Ethics and Responsibilities” at his residence and called it “timely”.
He said changes are occurring in the media and therefore people in it must acknowledge the “need for corrective” measures, either a “self-corrective” or if needed, an “external one”.
Citing Leveson Inquiry in the UK, Ansari said it held “lessons for us” that we (Indian media) were “less transparent”.
“We could draw some lessons from Leveson Report and its recommendations…Seven times in the past seventy years, media practices have been inquired into by a Royal Commission in the UK..we are less transparent,” he added.
