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Like the way past YS Rajasekhar Reddy government has kickstarted a ‘media-watch’ program from a brief time, the decision Narendra Modi drove government at the Center additionally thought of another tyrannous law to check ‘squeeze’ flexibility. The I&B Ministry has now revised rules to direct phony news, saying that if a columnist was found to have made or spread phony news, their accreditation would be suspended for a couple of months. What’s more, on the off chance that they perpetrate the ‘phony news’ wrongdoing once more, the suspension will get exceptional.
Stunned by this move of the legislature, the two Broadcasters Association and furthermore Press Council Of India are meeting today to talk about further game-plan over this. On account of these rules sound as empty as they could be. What is the meaning of “Counterfeit News” at any rate and who characterizes that? That is the greatest inquiry one needs to answer first.
Additionally with these rules set up, governments may pester media by saying that whatever reality they present will be dealt with as ‘phony news’ and move will be made by them. In the interim, the legislature affirmed that each columnist ought to comply with the new corrections to get the accreditation cards.
On the off chance that you take away govt accreditation of columnists for composing counterfeit news then most journos will lose their accreditation since they steadfastly revealed each monetary guarantee made by Modi , a web-based social networking client remarked. Is Modi government making a self-objective with this move .