‘Return to the core values of journalism’

Returning to the core values of journalism and maintaining credibility is the only way to ensure that people keep their faith in the media, said panellists at the session on "Shooting the Messenger: Media Bashing in Today's Age." Speaking at The Huddle 2017, which kicked off in Bengaluru on Friday, Mahfuz Anam, Editor, The Daily Star, of Bangladesh, said the media "partly deserves" the bashing it gets, having shifted from its traditional core values of public service. He was responding to questions raised by N. Ravi, Director of Kasturi and Sons Limited, who moderated the session and posed questions on issues of "trust and credibility" in the media today. John Yearwood, Executive Board Chairman, International Press Institute, responding to a question by Mr. Ravi on American president Donald Trump calling journalists dishonest, said that many leaders around the world have taken on the media before, but never anyone with "such delight."