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‘Section of media biased against Communists’

Thrissur: Purogamana Kalasahithya Sangham secretary K.E.N. Kunjahammed on Saturday came down heavily on a section of the media which, he said, was biased against the Communist movement and favoured the forces of capitalism.

In a talk on ‘What is happening in the media’ organised in connection with the district conference of the NGO Union at the Kerala Sahithya Akademi Hall here, he alleged that a section of the media was indulging in character assassination of Communist leaders. They were using editorials, cartoons, the letters-to-the-editor columns and other the news space for this purpose.

By tarnishing political activists they were carrying out a hidden agenda of promoting capitalism, he said.

Mr. Kunjahammed alleged that an attempt was going on to depoliticise Kerala society, and the media was being used for this. Referring to the controversy over the SNC Lavalin case, Mr. Kunjahammed said though the media claimed that all political parties were alike, they did not treat them the same way.

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