More people in India want the media to be free to publish news and ideas ”without government control” than those who would prefer some state intervention, a new worldwide poll on freedom of press said on Thursday.
The survey by ‘WorldPublicOpinion.org’, released to commemorate World Press Freedom Day also found that a ”modest” majority of Indians realised the importance of media freedom.
As many as 52 per cent of those polled in India said it was important to have freedom of the media, and an equal number said that people should have the right to read whatever is on the web, the poll including views from 20 nations, said.
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