RNG Awards: People today don’t get news but views, says PM Modi

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Nov  02, 2016 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi spelt out the challenges to the media in this age of technology and social media at the Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism Awards in the national capital on Wednesday. Talking about the responsibility of media, Modi said that people today don’t get news but views.

 

Expressing concern over the sensationalisation of news by media houses, Modi gave examples of how news outlets give sensational headlines to grab eyeballs.

“BMW car se Dalit ki maut. Modi sarkar ki kamartod budget (Dalit killed in road accident by BMW car, Unaffordable Modi government’s budget). Headlines like these confuse people.”

Talking about the role of media, Modi said it has expanded and with the advent of social media people now have different sources of information. “Today even a farmer in a village has a news to share,” said Modi.

Modi also said that to maintain credibility in media has become a real challenge. “Today you have different sources of information. People these days go through a newspaper not to read the news but only to check authenticity of the information they already have,” said Modi.

On a lighter note, Modi also thanked media as it made him popular “otherwise who knew me.”

Courtesy : Indian Express