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Instead of giving absolute powers\u00a0\u00a0to Deputy commissioners and Superintendent of Police of the districts to\u00a0\u00a0unnecessarily interfere in the functioning of the media and Department of Information and Public Relation, J&K, the govt must revisit its decision. All those media persons working under the influence of the political party in power or opposition and running stories and TV debates to please their political masters be checked\u00a0\u00a0by DIPR, J&K in proper manners. There is urgent need to start a verification drive\u00a0\u00a0of individuals or groups running Facebook pages, online news portals, or social media handles under the guise of journalism by DIPR. Digital platforms must be held accountable for the content they publish and operate strictly within media ethics and the law. This must be mandatory for all journalists to register and validate their credentials with the Department of Information Public Relation, J&K. Director Information Jammu and Kashmir should be asked to conduct verification of all individuals or groups running Facebook pages, online news portals, or social media handles under the guise of journalism must be registered and verified by DIPR to curb the misuse of media identity and ensure that only genuine journalists are allowed to operate in the field. Amid growing concerns over the presence of unverified individuals posing as journalists. media persons have been asked to submit their documents and credentials with the DIPR J&K for verification, but not to police or DCs. DIPR must extend officials invitations only registered and accredited media persons to cover official events. Unauthorized individuals be denied entry to such engagements. However, despite clear directions many unverified individuals, social media groups\u00a0\u00a0posing as journalists, unregistered media persons, were allowed to cover the opening ceremony of civil Secretariat in Jammu. Chief minister Omar Abdullah who is heading information department\u00a0\u00a0must to notice of such non serious attitude to the crucial issued raised by the MLAs in the assembly. The verification exercise should\u00a0\u00a0be part of a wider effort to maintain professionalism, transparency and accountability within the media fraternity not to settle personal scorers. The credibility of legitimate journalists and prevent misuse of press privileges be checked . Not police or DCs\u00a0\u00a0but the DIPR J& be asked to take strict action against \u201cfake journalists\u201d in Jammu and Kashmir and ensure that only bona fide media professionals are recognised and engaged by government departments. The issue had also surfaced during the recently concluded autumn session of the J&K Legislative Assembly, where several legislators flagged concerns over individuals misusing media credentials. Those misusing the name of journalism must face the law. Deputy Commissioners and SSPs should not be given powers to take concrete steps to identify such elements and weed them out from the system because they\u00a0\u00a0are also biased. Officers be asked to prepare a verified district-wise database of accredited and active journalists. Government departments\u00a0\u00a0be asked to entertain only accredited media persons, but to those who are working under the influence of political masters in power or opposition.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0However, this move comes amid growing complaints that certain individuals posing as journalists were misusing identification cards or social media reach to intimidate officials and extract favours. DIPR J&K\u00a0\u00a0be directed all District Information Officers to intensify vigilance against fake journalists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PP NEWS LINE DESK Instead of giving absolute powers\u00a0\u00a0to Deputy commissioners and Superintendent of Police of the districts to\u00a0\u00a0unnecessarily interfere in the functioning of the media and Department of Information and Public Relation, J&K, the govt must revisit its decision. All those media persons working under the influence of the political party in power or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[201],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-e-paper"],"yoast_head":"\n