Senior journalist C.G. Manjula has said that barring a section of the media, majority of the media houses were caught in the clutches of corporate sector and forgotten that their role was that of a strong opposition in a democracy.
She was delivering a talk at the Media Day celebration and presentation of annual journalism awards instituted by Dharwad District Union of Working Journalists (DDUWJ) at Biotech Auditorium of BVB College of Engineering and Technology in Hubballi on Sunday.
Ms. Manjula said, “Although the country boasts of 1.2 lakh news papers, 550 FM radio channels, 350 news channels, the voice of the pluralism is lost. That is because they are being controlled by industrialists and political forces. If the same trend continues, then a vibrant democracy will not survive.”
