Indian Media Constantly Evolving, Will Reach Its Optimum Level: Union Minister Jitendra Singh
News 18Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said the Indian media is constantly evolving and the best of it is yet to come. Referring to the old dictum of 'Report is sacred, comment is privilege', Singh said the sudden explosion of media scenario, particularly of TV channels in India has somewhat taken a toll on this time-tested principle. Singh said though media is evolving in India for a century, the pace of evolution has increased in the last two decades and evolution is both vertical and horizontal acquiring a multi-faceted form. In the news bulletins of TV channels of certain European countries though afflicted with coronavirus on a much bigger scale, the news about corona is just one of the many news, whereas on Indian TV channels we were being served 24X7 with corona news, till it was taken over by an unfortunate incident involving a cine actor, he said.