In this digital age, Everyone is a journalist & Freedom is a right whether you like it or Not.
Today is Press Freedom day yet in this #Corona Times there are forces that are still busy to ruin press freedom but they are fighting with the shadows. In this digital age, it is wastage of time to depend on 20th century weaponry. The jini of technology is already out of bottle and it has made borders irrelevant, not physically but practically as well as intellectually. It is a shared world with shared power, either someone like it or not. Corona can either delay things or countries may use it as an opportunity to enhance their connectivities but it is to be remember that no one can stop this fast moving infomatics.
“A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad,” said Albert Camus.
As the [COVID-19] pandemic spreads, it has also given rise to a second pandemic of misinformation, from harmful health advice to wild conspiracy theories. The press provides the antidote: verified, scientific, fact-based news and analysis.
UN Secretary-General António GuterresSome links of old posts regarding Press Freedom
Press Freedom Index 2013
Internal or External Pressures & Freedom of Press
End of State sponsored Media & Lessons
Murder of Lhore based CMG & lessons we did not learn
Political compromises or prejudices by Press
Hate Speech, The core Issue
Social Media: Life line of Press Freedom
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