Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW Vol. 5 Num 302 Sat. April 02, 2005       Letters to Editor Freedom of press Abdul Alim Gulshan, Dhaka 1212 I have noted with concern your editorial titled 'Judgement likely to curb freedom of press' of 23 March 2005. You have vouched for lofty goals of 'freedom of press', 'people's right to know' and how High Court's judgement has 'curbed the people's right to know'. Fine! But have not you considered that feeding false and fabricated information to public infringes the 'freedom of others'? Do not you feel that there should be a provision of accountability on the part of press too? Or are the journalists immune from everything and must get away with any fabricated and motivated information? Certainly not. They should be punished for printing false information and damaging somebody, be it a judge or a common man? As a high profile media man, I am sure you are aware of journalists being put behind bars in the USA for concealing source of information to judiciary. The offence here is more serious. It is not concealment but falsehood. I salute our judiciary for creating precedence. I also request our lawmakers to enact law to restrain media people from publishing or transmitting false information. Accountability should not be flaunted in the pretext of press freedom. Being a leader of your community, will you please work for ensuring true journalism to prevail.