Shashi Tharoor, MP, has called for laws and regulations that limit the control of multiple news organisations by a single business of political entity.
Such norms, along with an overseer to limit the power of corporate and political behemoths over the media, are essential to encourage an independent and robust press in the country, he said.
Delivering the N. Ramachandran Memorial Lecture after receiving the N. Ramachandran Foundation Award for excellence in public service here on Monday, Mr. Tharoor expressed concern at the changing media landscape that is increasingly being driven by a “breaking news culture”.
