News media must be free says Pope
The news media must be free from special interest pressures and government control and ”rise above purely commercial concerns,” the pope said in a message today.
“If the media are to serve freedom, they themselves must be free and correctly use that freedom,” John Paul said.
The pope’s views on the power of the news media to create a “positive or negative reaction to events” were set down in an annual message for the World Communications Day that the Roman Catholic Church marks on June 1.
“The communications media are key actors in today’s world,” the pope said. “Reasonable people will realise that such enormous power calls for the highest standards of commitment to truth and goodness.”
