Actually, as we have seen in many young democracies, freedom once won doesn't come with warranties. Press freedom must be defended by its maximum application, by constant vigilance, and never be taken for granted. We forget that democracy is not automatic, that it takes a lot of hard work to make democracy work. The challenge is to use this free and independent media to ensure that elected leaders are more accountable to the people who put them in office. The challenge is to use this free and independent media to ensure that elected leaders are more accountable to the people who put them in office.
Truth is always subversive.
Journalism is sometimes called the world's second oldest profession. And the oldest debate in the world's second oldest profession is about objectivity and subjectivity. For too long, perhaps, we in media have taken objectivity as our main mantra. And we have forgotten fairness. Objectivity is giving all sides equal treatment, but fairness is listening to all sides.