Press freedom

Sir,
Apropos to the article  “Press-In the line of fire” by Rajan Gandhi, DE July 8, 2018. It is a bitter truth that in India, Press freedom in true sense is much far from reality. For strengthening the roots of liberal democracy, independent and fair press have its significant role to play. It is very unfortunate to witness the depreciation of our rank in the Global press freedom index year by year. Killing of the journalists is adding more clots upon our commitment towards freedom of press. Circulation of fake news and paid news are the new emerging challenges we have to face. Moreover, keeping the growing challenges in this arena in view, constituting a new Press Commission is desirable as no new press commission has had been constituted since 1978.It is the need of the hour to question the corporate and political funding and ownership in the media houses. Also, it is essentially vital for all of us to realize the value of the press freedom and to stand by this cause.
Ratul Dhiman
The Law School,  JU