Guidelines For Accreditation Of Journalists

Various journalists' bodies on Friday wrote to Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Minister Anurag Thakur raising objections to the new guidelines issued recently for the accreditation of media persons by his ministry's arm Press Information Bureau.

The government on Monday had said that the accreditation of a journalist could be permanently cancelled if the scribe is found generating or propagating fake news, as it came out with stringent measures to contain the menace. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting had issued certain guidelines for it, which sparked an outrage and raised quest...

Noticing the increasing instances of fake news in various mediums including print and electronic media, the Government has amended the Guidelines for Accreditation of Journalists. Now on receiving any complaints of such instances of fake news, the same would get referred to the Press Council of India (PCI) if it pertains to print media & to News Br...

Journalists' accreditation can be suspended just on the accusation of fake news and they can lose their credentials permanently for a repeat offence, say new, unprecedented government rules announced by the government in an election year. The controversial guidelines, seen to leave journalists open to harassment, have sparked massive outrage and ra...

Various journalists' bodies on Friday wrote to Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Minister Anurag Thakur raising objections to the new guidelines issued recently for the accreditation of media persons by his ministry's arm Press Information Bureau.

The government on Monday had said that the accreditation of a journalist could be permanently cancelled if the scribe is found generating or propagating fake news, as it came out with stringent measures to contain the menace. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting had issued certain guidelines for it, which sparked an outrage and raised quest...

Noticing the increasing instances of fake news in various mediums including print and electronic media, the Government has amended the Guidelines for Accreditation of Journalists. Now on receiving any complaints of such instances of fake news, the same would get referred to the Press Council of India (PCI) if it pertains to print media & to News Br...

Journalists' accreditation can be suspended just on the accusation of fake news and they can lose their credentials permanently for a repeat offence, say new, unprecedented government rules announced by the government in an election year. The controversial guidelines, seen to leave journalists open to harassment, have sparked massive outrage and ra...