Do media in India need check and control?
A few decades back when Mrs. Indira Gandhi imposed national emergency, applied restriction on free speech and severely curbed the press freedom, it caused considerable unhappiness around the country. Of course, most section of media after some initial protest ( highly popular political journal Shankar’s Weekly stopped publication ), submitted themselves to censorship , bowed to the pressure of the government and largely toed the government’s line.
However, when emergency was lifted and press freedom was restored, huge enthusiasm was generated about the prospects of the media sector.
With nearly unchecked media freedom, several business houses and investors saw huge investment opportunities in the media business and it resulted in the launching of new newspapers a...