2475 RAJESH RAMACHANDRAN Editor of The Tribune
JOURNALISTS more often and newspapers at times wear their politics, opinion and attitude on their sleeves or as badges of identity to be displayed for entry into the ring of pugilistic propaganda. The more extremely distasteful the view, the greater its traction that seems to be the motto. Worse, this hate speech in turn is packaged and leveraged for commercial success and wealth creation.
What better illustrative example of these ugly performers than some of our contemporary news television anchors who hold kangaroo courts every evening to dish out character assassination fatwas or to drum up religious bigotry to turn neighbours against each other. It is in this social and political context the story of The Tribune needs to be retold and cherished. This is a newspaper that grew braving colonial repression, military trials, life-threatening mob violence, loss of all possessions and displacement; yet, it made decency, moderation a
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The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as trustees.
The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks of the paper. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term.
The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).