There's global need for a genuine and objective Media ... which shall serve the "people" first :::: "Editors both in electronic and print medium cultivated greed to enter Rajya Sabha"

We are certainly in a more complex world than it used to be in the 1990s.

Today human race at the global stage lives in a time where "fake news is rewarded".

It is also monetised. Thus, we may suggest that a free press is essential all over the world, especially when trust in media is on the rapid decline. 

The answers lie in robust public media which serves the people first.

A survey published by the 'New York Times' sometime back found that the mainstream media were trusted less than social media and 55% of poll respondents thought the media is 'bad for democracy'.

In Indian context the tragedy with media coincided with the rise of TV - the so called idiot box. To be idiot and pretend to be smart and over smart became the order of the day. Editors both in electronic and print medium cultivated the greed to enter Rajya Sabha. And slowly the big but crucial battle was lost.  

Deterioration of the Washington Post’s subscriber base hot headlines. But proprietor, Jeff Bezos, defended the decision to forgo formally endorsing a presidential candidate as part of an effort to restore trust in the media.

The publication has shed 250,000 subscribers, or 10% of the 2.5 million customers it had in 2024 before the decision was made public.

A day earlier, 200,000 had left according to the same outlet. 

The award-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit the 'Washington Post' after a critical cartoon showing powerful businessmen, including Bezos, bowing to Trump was rejected at the paper. 

She was right when she said: “Of course these are businesses, and I understand that. 

But they own a newspaper and they have an obligation, frankly, to protect the free press.”

One look at how Bezos has been cosying up to President Trump and you get the full picture. Trump hailed Bezos’ decision not to endorse a presidential candidate last year.

Amazon, which is owned by Bezos, gave $1m to Trump’s inaugural fund in Dece­mber last year. He, along with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Tesla’s Elon Musk and Open AI’s Sam Altman were also reported to have don­­a­ted to that fund. It explains their prominence at his inauguration in January. A few days before his an­­no­uncement about the op­­inion pages policy, he had dinner with Trump.

New York Times reported the Post was considering changing its motto to ‘Riveting Storytelling for All of America’.

The ‘all’ is probably a nod to Trump and his supporters, who have not received favourable coverage.