BSS :
Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md Nahid Islam on Tuesday said there is no pressure of the government on the mass media and the country’s media should focus on objective news with courage taking the advantage of the prevailing freedom of expression.
“The people are constantly being misled by rumors and misinformation as the correct information is not being widely disseminated.
The mass media would have to play a leading role in preventing rumors and misinformation,” he said while exchanging views with the editors of the daily newspapers at the meeting room of his ministry here.
Mentioning the role of the media during the anti-discrimination movement, Nahid urged the editors to publish stories on the sacrifices of martyrs and injured people of the students-people mass uprising in their respective media outlets.
“Mass media would have to play a responsible role to keep the martyrs and injured people in the memory of the people,” he added.
Criticising the immediate past fascist government, the adviser said many mass media people could not publish the truth in fear but such situation has been changed now.
The adviser urged the journalists to publish information on all misdeeds, including enforced disappearances and corruption of the fascist government, in their media outlets.
Welcoming constructive criticism about the interim government, Nahid said the interim government believes in the freedom of the mass media.
The government expects that the media would play an effective role in reaching people with correct information, he added.