The Press Council of India has failed in its duty to control the mass media and internet media, for which an alternate body at the national level under the nomenclature of ‘Media Council’ should be constituted, opined speakers at a meeting held by the India Media Centre Odisha Chapter on the occasion of the National Press Day here on Sunday.
The meeting was presided over by IMC Ganjam branch chairman Jaganmohan Mohapatra while former HoD of Journalisim and Mass Communication at the Brahmapur University Dr J Seshgiri Rao, IMC national executive member and editor of Naveen Rabi Rath, lecturer Sanata Panda and Manmohan Padhi spoke on the occasion.