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Stating that the newspapers should be the honest carriers of the news to the common man, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, on Thursday, urged the journalists not to publish fake news.
“Print news which is true. Don’t distort the news. You have the right to criticise in an editorial. But when a journalist writes fake news despite knowing so, then I believe he is sacrificing his principles,” said Parrikar while speaking at the National Press Day function, organised at the Institute Menezes Braganza hall in the city.
“News should be news, and news should not have views. If you want to give views, you can present it as an analysis. But if something has not happened and someone prints it as if it has happened, I think that is the biggest disservice,” he added.
On the occasion, three senior journalists Abdul Rauf Beig of ‘The Navhind Times,’ Suhasini Prabhugaonkar of ‘Dainik Gomantak,’ and Manguesh Borkar of ‘Goa Doot’ were felicitated at the hands of Chief Minister for their contribution in the field of journalism.
Parrikar further said that media holding the government responsible for everything is not correct. He said that the media should make the society realise its responsibility.
“Society feels that an accident occurring on the wrong side is due to the ineffective work of the transport department. If someone has come on the wrong side and met with an accident, the person’s mistake has to be focused in the news,” he said.
Chief Editor of Loksatta, Mumbai, Girish Kuber delivered the keynote address on the theme ‘Challenges before the media.’
During the function, awards were presented to the journalists, who excelled in various competitions organised by the department of Information and Publicity.
The best editorial award on National Integration and Communal Harmony was bagged by Paresh Prabhu, editor of Navprabha for his editorial ‘Vishwallichi Muley.’
The award in rural reporting was bagged by Vivek Prabhu of Prudent Media for his report on Ambe Dhulay village, the award for reporting on public health and hygiene was bagged by Shashwat Gupta Ray, resident editor of Gomantak Times for his report, ‘Listeria occurrence more in shell fish than in fin fish.’
The award for reporting with special reference to women and children/social issues was bagged by Shamsunder Phadte of the Prudent Media for his report, ‘Kung-fu girl’.
In sports reporting Anthony Marcus Mergulhao of ‘The Times of India’ bagged the award for his article, ‘Beginning of the end.’
The award for reporting on art and culture was bagged by Shashwat Gupta Ray, resident editor of Gomantak Times for his article, ‘View the history of Indian cinema theory with the lenses of past’.
The award in photo-journalism for the best photograph of the year was bagged by Ganesh Shetkar lensman of the Lokmat, for his picture on a differently-abled tourist on a wheel chair on a
beach.
