{"id":204429,"date":"2022-11-09T01:06:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T19:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=204429"},"modified":"2022-11-09T01:06:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T19:36:59","slug":"deeply-disturbed-by-kerala-guvs-expulsion-of-journalists-from-press-meet-editors-guild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2022\/11\/09\/deeply-disturbed-by-kerala-guvs-expulsion-of-journalists-from-press-meet-editors-guild\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Deeply disturbed&#8217; by Kerala guv&#8217;s expulsion of journalists from press meet: Editors Guild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>NEW DELHI, 8 Nov:<\/strong> The Editors Guild of India (EGI) on Tuesday took strong exception to the &#8220;arbitrary act&#8221; by Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan of expelling journalists of two news channels from a press conference in Kochi.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a statement here, the guild said it is &#8220;deeply disturbed by this selective targeting of media channels by a person who occupies the high constitutional office, and who is supposed to be a guardian of democratic values, including freedom of press.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On Monday, Khan expelled journalists of Kairali TV and MediaOne TV from a press briefing in Kochi and started his interaction only after the representatives of the two channels had left.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Media has the right to be critical of those in power, and such critical coverage cannot be a reason for denying access to press meets,&#8221; the guild said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;EGI notes with concern the increasing tendency to block the media from access to information in the public domain,&#8221; it said. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI, 8 Nov: The Editors Guild of India (EGI) on Tuesday took strong exception to the &#8220;arbitrary act&#8221; by Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan of expelling journalists of two news channels from a press conference in Kochi. In a statement here, the guild said it is &#8220;deeply disturbed by this selective targeting of media [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-204429","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204429\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}