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Mysore
By Our Staff Correspondent
MYSORE, APRIL 4. Veteran journalist and Kannada activist Patil Puttappa today described the price war in the newspaper industry as an unhealthy trend, which was fraught with danger to democracy, and called for a mechanism to regulate newspaper prices. Participating in a "meet-the-press" programme organised by the Mysore District Journalists' Association here, Mr. Puttappa said that price war is a dangerous trend that could lead to the death of many newspapers, and in the ultimate analysis, the death of democracy. Calling for a mechanism to regulate the newspaper price, Mr. Puttappa said that the rule of affixing a price, based on the number of pages, which was mooted in the past, should be revived, failing which many small newspapers would die. Mr. Puttappa said he will apprise the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Jaipal Reddy, of the need to follow the price-page schedule in the interest of democracy and small newspapers.
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Mr. Puttappa said small newspapers are unable to resist the pressure brought on them by media barons, who indulge in price wars, and sincere efforts in quality journalism are thwarted in the process. It is for the people to patronise small newspapers and ensure that they remain in circulation, he said. He said newspapers should not be equated with any commodity as they have the responsibility of keeping the public abreast of the latest developments. Mr. Puttappa cautioned journalists to exercise utmost restrain while filing reports, but at the same they should strive hard to expose corruption in public life, he said.
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