The Media Need "Long Noses"

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When there is a problem, a crisis, the media must show that there is an
alternative, says the Dalai Lama. The media should give the people
confidence that they can change, that they can do better. An interview with
the Dalai Lama.

WAN: Should there be any limits to press freedom?

The Dalai Lama: I think there should be a complete freedom to report
truthfully. On another level, media people are an important part of society.
The ultimate goals of the media should not be political or financial, but
human. However, if freedom means not having any limits or any principles,
then the question is what use is there to have such a freedom?

Altogether, we should aim for a better world, a happier world with people
trying to be friendly, compassionate, and peaceful. Here I think media have
a responsibility. But this does not only concern media, it concerns every
field and every profession: scientists, politicians and businessmen.

The Dalai Lama gave this exclusive interview to the World Association of
Newspapers for World Press Freedom Day on 3 May.

Full Interview:
http://www.wan-press.org/article.php3?id_article=3803