Sensationalism,paid news bane of journalism now:Venkaiah Naidu

Lamenting that sensationalism, paid news and biased coverage have become the 'bane' of modern day journalism, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu Saturday said the fourth estate needed to do "serious introspection".

In his inaugural address at the Golden jubilee celebrations of Kollam Press club, he noted that journalism in the past was a mission to fight ills that afflicted society and journalists used to work without fear or favour.

He said this was no longer the case as commercial and other considerations were taking precedence over everything else.

"Sensationalism, paid news and biased coverage have become the bane of modern-day journalism. In addition, we are having the problem of fake news", he said.

The Vice President said that in spite of restrictions imposed by the British, the press remained fearless and many journals and newspapers had played a pioneering role.

However, during the Emergency, barring a few exceptions like 'Indian Express', 'The Statesman' and 'The ..