Days after MLAs launched a trenchant attack on the media, a Karnataka legislature committee was today formed to study the quality of the content of print and electronic media, its "ill-effects" on public life and recommend regulatory steps. The committee's terms of reference and other related issues would be finalised after due consultation with its members, the Speaker said. Almost all the MLAs who participated in the March 22 debate have been appointed as members to the committee. Meanwhile, Higher Education Minister Basavaraj Rayareddy has written to the Speaker, requesting him to drop the idea of forming such a committee. In a letter, he has also suggested that the Speaker should call the owners and editors of print and electronic media houses for a discussion, and based on it, frame guidelines with unanimity on the nature of language to be used by the media.

Source: dna March 28, 2017 16:52 UTC