‘Govt gagging media even for telling truth’

It is not the government's job to gag the media, yet it continues to do so even when media broadcasts the truth, a top TV journalist said yesterday.

Ekattor TV Chief Editor Mozammel Babu also lamented the hindrances being created when publishing online content, at a seminar "Role of media in preventing extremism" at Jatiya Press Club.  He said TV channels are held accountable for every line of a video content, yet [online] "portals" seem to get away with it.

Syed Ishtiaque Reza, editor-in-chief of Gazi TV and Sarabangla.net, said it is easy to blame the media.

Chief of the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit of DMP Monirul Islam urged both print and electronic media to run reports with caution to help tackle militancy.

Center for Social Advocacy and Research Foundation organised the programme.