The reason for his departure he states in the message is that editorial independence and integrity have been articles of faith in 26 years in journalism and may be “ I am too old now to change.”
Said he in the message: “ I must confess it’s not easy to leave a baby that one has helped create/build/grow and to leave such great colleagues. But I guess certain things in life are written in the stars. Editorial independence and integrity have been articles of faith in 26 years in journalism and maybe I am too old now to change!”
He added in the message that the success of the channels – CNN-IBN, IBN7 and IBN Lokmat – was possible because of the freedom given to the journalists by the leadership at Network18.
And he closed his message by saying: “Forget the cynics, journalism my friends is a great profession. Good journalism makes a genuine difference to the world by offering a mirror to society. Yes, putting news above noise, sense above sensation and credibility above chaos must remain a credo forever: else journalism will lose its moral compass. I hope the new management will always put journalism first and I wish them well.”
Rajdeep’s departure comes two days before the new Network18 management is slated to be announced.
July 5, 2014 at 9:34 pm
Tell Ambani/BANIA to take their Caste share of land from India and go build their own nation. They’re less than 1% in India.