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| Press cards misused in winter capital | | | early times report
JAMMU, July 9: Keeping in view with the popularity of the media in the present society, many persons are using media/press stickers on their vehicles and even using holograms of different media houses in the state particularly in the winter capital.
Even the people who are not remotely related to the media could be found using press stickers. The purpose of the use of these logos and words of media/press is only to get the privileges being enjoyed by the media persons.
In the city of temples, one can see hallmark of reputed news channels, different newspapers being pasted on the private vehicles of peoples which doesn't have any connection with the media line. It directly/indirectly affects the image of genuine media persons professionally working in the city.
There were also incidents when such persons were found involved in unscrupulous and illegal activities.
Recent incident of unearthing of a brothel at Trikuta Nagar area in Jammu was testimony to this fact.
Reacting to this fast growing trend, general secretary of Press Club, Jammu, Sohail Qazmi said that indeed some news channels and newspapers were not behaving responsibly. They issued the press cards and stickers to relatives and friends, which did not have any remote link with the media line. This trend is needed to be checked because no one knows how such persons would use these press cards, added Qazmi.
He also said that any wrong use of the cards hampers the image of the media.
Another journalist Zafar Iqbal of NDTV said that whenever intercepted with such persons, the police authorities take stringent action against those peoples which did not have any connection with the media line.
Surinder Sharma, working with JK Channel said that authority should also check whether cards are genuine or not.
Ashwani Langeh, working with Kashmir Times said that there are also many instances in the past where such fake media persons are found involved in smuggling also. All these acts of
these fake journalists squeezed the space for genuine journalists.
He also said that initiative of State Information Department to issue official media cards to the media persons. The department after consulting with the media organizations should issue media cards. After completion of the process, all other cards should be cancelled and considered null and void.
Any person found using these cards should be strictly punished, added Ashwani Langeh.
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