Soft attacks on media freedom: The “correct information” and Ambika Soni
July 16 2009. In a recent interview, Ambika Soni, the new Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, spoke of the imminent creation of a nodal group which would control media information in the event of terrorist attacks like Mumbai 2008.
an empowered nodal group could be accessed for information in times of emergency. This empowered group could include my colleagues from vital ministries that can pass on correct information on the situation
Garga Chatterjee analyses the deeply autocratic ethos underlying such measures, planned in the name of public good, national interest, and security.
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