Media is considered as the fourth pillar of democracy but faces increasing pressure from Governing Class, whether the legislature, executive, corporates and more, said Dr. Subhash Chandra, founder of ZEE TV.
“There are structured attempts by them to align the media in order to achieve their agenda. Governments exert pressure on media through advertising influence or use of state machinery to threaten so that the press can be prevented from publishing factual information,” Chandra added.
Dr. Chandra issued the statement while sharing an incident of “government suppression of media’s independence”.
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