Ranchi: Jharkhand assembly Speaker C P Singh today pitched for journalists, who work under difficult situations, should get proper security and state-initiated schemes reach them so that they don`t have to worry about the family’s future while discharging professional duties.
Addressing the inaugural two-day session of the National Union of Journalists (India) national council meeting here, Singh said mediapersons sometimes work at places facing life threats like the situation in Kargil war. The media thus deserved security and financial schemes which should be supported by the respective state governments.
"State governments should take care of these things," Singh said, adding if financial benefits were given the future of journalists’ family and their children’s education could be secure. Underscoring the need to maintain the media`s image of being watchdog of the society, Singh said the fourth pillar of a democratic system ought to strike a balance between positive and negative reports.
Mincing no words on "TRP-driven coverage by the electronic media," Singh said "they say journalists show mirror to others, but few in media watch it themselves."
The Speaker also condemned the assault on Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar on Thursday and asserted violence has no place in a democratic setup.
"Why news channels show the footage throughout the day which appear as if the assaulter attempts a series of slaps," Singh said.
PTI