{"id":3590,"date":"2020-11-10T14:21:30","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T08:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=3590"},"modified":"2020-11-10T14:21:30","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T08:36:30","slug":"information-minister-stresses-on-decent-credible-journalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=3590","title":{"rendered":"Information Minister stresses on decent, credible journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>KATHMANDU &#8211;<\/strong> Arguing that decent journalism contributes to a civilized society, Minister for Communications and Information Technology Parbat Gurung has called to initiate a campaign for decent and credible journalism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Minister Gurung, who is also the Government\u2019s Spokesperson, said this today while addressing the closing programme of a webinar on Preventing Disinformation and Promoting Credible Journalism for the journalists from Nawalparasi West and Nawalparasi East.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the occasion, Minister Gurung promised to extend support on behalf of the ministry for this campaign. \u201cWe will make changes in media laws and the laws will have decent journalism added,\u201d he said. Minister Gurung was of the view that trust towards journalism has been weakened in recent times as a result of giving more priority to sensational and negative news.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On the occasion, US Ambassador to Nepal Randy Berry said that journalism in which the society has put its faith should be oriented to promoting credibility, not illusion and misinformation.\u00a0 Also speaking at the programme, Chairman of Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) Govinda Acharya said that the media sector should mend its weaknesses to steadily maintain its credibility.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cMaintaining code of conduct is more important. For this, we are continuing the monitoring. Initiative should be taken from the government side too,\u201d Chairman Acharya argued. Member of Press Council Nepal Sangeeta Khadka, Chairman of Media Action Nepal Laxman Dutta Panta and others also expressed their opinions on the practice of responsible and truthful journalism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KATHMANDU &#8211; Arguing that decent journalism contributes to a civilized society, Minister for Communications and Information Technology Parbat Gurung has called to initiate a campaign for decent and credible journalism. 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