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Monday, October 31, 2011

Chairman wants more teeth for the Press Council

The Press council Chairman Markandey Katju has written to Prime Minister Manmohan singh suggesting that  electronic media  be brought under its purviews and be given powers to stop  government advertisement ,suspension of  license of that media for certain period if it behaves  in a very obnoxious manner. “I have poor opion of the media  and added that “they should be working for the interest of the people .They are not working for the interest of the people and sometime they are positively working in an anti people  manner .Justice Katju told Karan Thapar on the CNN-IBN ‘s Devil’s Advocate  programme.

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