IN the West, EDITORS of major media outlets, newspapers, TV, Radio etc., are supporters of certain IDeology. That is how they maintain and control SO-CALLED FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. Editor looks after not to publish or talk anything harming their ideology.
In Sri Lanka, All the English dailies including ISLAND and DAILY MIRROR have other objective.
Besides the PRESS COUNCIL, People need to understand how the media in those DEMOCRATIC countries work. OR how they hide things that are unsuitable for public.
For I have grasped their Game plan and followed it up every step of the way. The Catholic action controlled English news in Lanka was UD friendly, and working in unison, hence blocked my article for some time. Finally on Sunday 18th of April 1999 I managed to get it printed in The Sunday Island thanks to a fair minded editor. this is from Lanka web |