New Media Policy- An Affront, Aimed to Manage the Narrative of Kashmir
As India slipped down two spots on the World Press Freedom Index, now ranking at 142 out of 180 countries, amid the silencing of press and constant attacks on Journalists, a new media policy was framed by the administration of Jammu Kashmir working under the Modi-led government in New Delhi on May 15.
The Media Policy surprisingly or unsurprisingly cites cross-border infiltration and ‘propaganda’ and the need to stop the same, other than detailing that the information of media houses publishing ‘Anti National content’ would be shared with the security agencies. This 53-Page new Media Policy also provides the government with the decisive power to decide on what is news, and the setting up of a mechanism for checking fake news.
Though not excellent in its vocabulary, but for sure, the ...