opinion poll 67% Want Media Self-Regulation, Not Intervention Press Council chairman Justice Markandey Katju's labelling of the Indian media as "anti-people" has few takers among news consumers MDRA

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Press Council chairman Justice Markandeya Katju's labelling of the Indian news media as "anti-people" has few takers among the ones who count the most: news consumers. Barely 31% back his view. On the contrary, their trust in the news media is as high as 92%; over 61% prefer an independent media instead of a regulated media; and 66% believe the road ahead is self-regulation, not one dictated by the government. However, Justice Katju's view that the media was diverting people's attention by focusing on trivia and gossip found resonance among TV watchers (59%). These are some of the key findings of a five-city opinion poll conducted for Outlook by MDRA. Other major findings:

• 76% feel media is fair and accurate in coverage
• 64% feel media should be free to choose the content it wants to publish or air
• 43.8% believe media houses should be free to own assets across media

The poll was conducted among 516 respondents in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Calcutta and Hyderabad on November 22-23.

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Nov 26, 2011 01:58 PM 1	The sample size of 516 in five major cities appears to be too small for the interpretations to be statistically significant! At best its a kind of a snap poll.. Harsh Rai Puri Bhopal, India PERMALINK  |  LIKE (1)  |  DISLIKE (0)  |  REPORT ABUSE
Nov 26, 2011 07:46 PM 2	I dont know about the other respondents, but personally, I feel that media deserves what they got - trusting and eulogising a judge to be free from humane biases. The Indian judiciary is at the heart of the rot in the Indian democracy. And Katju is only a part of it. Male Unblocked Chennai, India PERMALINK  |  LIKE (2)  |  DISLIKE (0)  |  REPORT ABUSE
Nov 28, 2011 04:19 AM 3	As it is the media is unreliable and over above the opinion polls make it more unreliable. c p narendran nagpur, india PERMALINK  |  LIKE (3)  |  DISLIKE (0)  |  REPORT ABUSE
Nov 28, 2011 12:06 PM 4	Reputation of media is at its lowest. One can not trust some news untill he checks or rechecks with other channels/publications. Here is christian media, hindu media muslim media, paid news, forged news. Despite all these media is as  necessary as police. Media doesnt need a 'REGULATOR'. But it surely needs a autonomous ( free from govt's and media's control) watchdog which can prosecute media persons for their fraudulant, unlawful and unethical acts. Moreover there must be provision of strict punishment/imprisonment in IPC. dinesh chauksey bhopal, India PERMALINK  |  LIKE (0)  |  DISLIKE (0)  |  REPORT ABUSE

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