Thiruvananthapuram: The revised round issued via the state home department ‘to facilitate functioning of media team of workers in Secretariat and at government purposes’ has turned out to be nothing however the tweaked replication of previous one, which was once withdrawn after in style protest ‘for imposing strict restrictions on media’.
Making simply cosmetic adjustments via cautious omission of controversial observations on media actions in the previous round issued closing yr, the revised one has retained all the contemporary pointers formulated to limit the freedom of journalists whilst dealing with the chief minister, ministers and government officers.
In essence, the access of media team of workers into various departments of PRD at the secretariat will still be limited via accreditation or access cross, they will not be able to get information from government officers unless it is through the PRD or district information workplaces, and above all the media team of workers won't have any right to hunt reactions of the CM or the ministers on various issues at will.
The revised round dated January 29, 2019 has in moderation overlooked observations in the older one issued on November 15, 2018 criticizing media team of workers for their ‘unruly behaviour’ whilst taking reactions from VIPs, including the chief minister, at the sidelines of various purposes or at public puts like airports, railway stations, government visitor houses and rest houses. However, the round still mandates a previous willingness at the a part of such VIPs to be approached via journalists, ‘which the PRD will have to inform the journalists via mobile app/WhatsApp techniques upfront’.
The previous round had limited government officers from immediately interacting with the media pronouncing such officers had been getting used as ‘sources’ for publishing anti-government information articles.
The revised round, although has have shyed away from such remarks and has it sounds as if evaded giving strict directives to officers and the ministers to not have direct media interactions, has prompt them to touch media through the district information place of business or the PRD.
The simplest visual alternate in the revised round, is that the journalists can still approach the clicking relation wing in the CM’s place of business or that of alternative ministers for having particular interviews.
Making simply cosmetic adjustments via cautious omission of controversial observations on media actions in the previous round issued closing yr, the revised one has retained all the contemporary pointers formulated to limit the freedom of journalists whilst dealing with the chief minister, ministers and government officers.
In essence, the access of media team of workers into various departments of PRD at the secretariat will still be limited via accreditation or access cross, they will not be able to get information from government officers unless it is through the PRD or district information workplaces, and above all the media team of workers won't have any right to hunt reactions of the CM or the ministers on various issues at will.
The revised round dated January 29, 2019 has in moderation overlooked observations in the older one issued on November 15, 2018 criticizing media team of workers for their ‘unruly behaviour’ whilst taking reactions from VIPs, including the chief minister, at the sidelines of various purposes or at public puts like airports, railway stations, government visitor houses and rest houses. However, the round still mandates a previous willingness at the a part of such VIPs to be approached via journalists, ‘which the PRD will have to inform the journalists via mobile app/WhatsApp techniques upfront’.
The previous round had limited government officers from immediately interacting with the media pronouncing such officers had been getting used as ‘sources’ for publishing anti-government information articles.
The revised round, although has have shyed away from such remarks and has it sounds as if evaded giving strict directives to officers and the ministers to not have direct media interactions, has prompt them to touch media through the district information place of business or the PRD.
The simplest visual alternate in the revised round, is that the journalists can still approach the clicking relation wing in the CM’s place of business or that of alternative ministers for having particular interviews.
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February 09, 2019
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