Paid news has become menace, says Venkaiah Naidu


New Delhi, Dec 15 (IANS): Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said "paid news" had become "menace" and media outlets should ensure "sensibility" in their news than focusing on "sensationalism".

"Paid news is not news. It has become a menace. It weakens the society. You (news outlets) have power to influence people, use it wisely," Naidu said after launching the Delhi edition of Marathi daily Lokmat here.

He also said that news should not be mixed with views.

"Information with confirmation is great ammunition. However, many channels are coming in the market. There is competition. But truth cannot be sacrificed," he said.

"Views should be restricted to editorial pages. There has to be sensibility and not sensationalism."

Media did have "right to break" anyone's sentiments, he added.

Naidu also appealed to journalists to focus on agriculture and rural issues as there were sentiments among people from rural areas that they were not getting attention.

"You (journalists) have to support them. You are their voice of downtrodden people and you take their issues to Delhi," he said.

He said regional languages should be respected saying he didn't feel content until he read a Telugu newspaper everyday.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari, Prakash Javdekar, Ravi Shankar Prasad, and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal were among the leaders who attended the edition launch ceremony.

Kejriwal said journalism had always faced difficulties and even today difficulties could be seen.

  

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  • Gabriel, sagar

    Sat, Dec 16 2017

    Truth is never on sale in the world market. But lies are always on sale. It has different names: gossip, true lies, half truths, paid news, Ads etc. One who tells the best lie is always a winner.Lies has many tomorrows, but Truth has none.

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  • Flavian dsouza, chik/bengaluru

    Fri, Dec 15 2017

    paid news , paid exit polls , paid agencies ..all are blooming and this is big business now

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  • A.QUADROS, Kundapur

    Fri, Dec 15 2017

    I am sure the Honorable Vice President Mr. Venkayya Naidu must have been directly hinting at Arnab Cowswami of Republic T.V. He only does Supari journalism. He is a bad name to the entire noble profession of journalism.

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  • Declan, Mumbai

    Fri, Dec 15 2017

    There are some of his clones (I mean TV anchoring clones) in Times Now, CNN TV18 and News X too. Some more here and there too.

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  • Ravi, Kapu

    Fri, Dec 15 2017

    CONgressis here speak only about Republic. No guts to talk about NDTV, Aaj Tak, India Today and many more news channels which is being controlled by 'that' party

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  • Peter, Udupi

    Fri, Dec 15 2017

    DONT FORGET YOU ARE ONE OF THE BENEFICIARY OF THAT

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  • Declan, Mumbai

    Fri, Dec 15 2017

    At last you have realized what your former political party have been doing.
    Only difference now is that people have woken up and realized things like MP/MLA being offered laddoos to cross over, EVM magic, EC in the pocket, CBI in the cage etc. are happening and how to win at any cost.

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  • Af,,, Mangalore

    Fri, Dec 15 2017

    He may be watching regularly REPUBLIC TV ,where Goswamy has sold completely to BJP. and he is acting like BJP spoke person .

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  • David Pais, Mangalore

    Fri, Dec 15 2017

    @venkaiah naidu, y u are blaming yourself & your party. c your face in da mirror.

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  • Vivek, Hirebyle / Abu dhabi

    Fri, Dec 15 2017

    Is he Talking about ...Recent exit poll result??.......

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