Why aren’t there cartoons on Gotabhaya? – Sumanthiran TNA parliamentarian and Attorney M.A. Sumanthiran last week posed a general question as to why the media did not publish any cartoons of the Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa. Speaking at a panel discussion and an interactive session organized by the Sri Lanka Journalists’ Trade Union (SLJTU), Sumanthiran said that the suppression of the media in the country could be seen y looking at the cartoons published in the media. He observed that the government treated the Northern and Southern media differently, and that the levels of suppression also differed. “While there are cartoons drawn on everyone, you do not see cartoons of one person and that is the Defence Secretary,” he said. “I pose a challenge to the media to try and draw a cartoon on the Defence Secretary and to try and live to tell the tale,” Sumanthiran added. He pointed out that the private media is now forced to tow the government line in order to survive. Bookmark and Share
Posted on: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 06:24:43 +0000
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