Recently, Hon’ble Justice B.V. Nagarathna, speaking at an event on “A free and balanced press: sentinel of democracy”[1] stressed the importance of a free and balanced press. She discussed the growing.
Given the scale and the importance of the task that is currently being undertaken by PIB’s fact-checker, it is critical that it gains public trust by establishing its independence, capability and expertise.
The Morning Context has a detailed report out today on problems with the Electronic Media Monitoring Centre. The report says it has now taken to less monitoring of standards, far more meeting political ends and trying to ensure PM and the BJP government look good.
They expressed fear that the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, which is likely to be introduced in the ongoing budget session of parliament, will severely restrict the scope of the Right to Information (RTI) Act.