(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 3 - The media can't be censored and
journalists have a huge responsibility for telling the truth,
President Sergio Mattarella said Friday.
Mattarella cited article 21 of the Italian constitution, which
lays down that "all shall have the right to express their
thoughts freely by speech, in writing, and by all other means of
communication, and the press shall not be subjected to any
authorization or censorship", in a speech marking the 6th
anniversary of the founding of the Italian Journalists Guild
(OdG).
"The good that is information is the subject of explicit
Constitutional safeguard," said Mattarella.
He added that journalists have an "enormous responsibility.
"(This) responsibility (is) accentuated by the multiplication of
information sources offered by the web revolution.," said he
head of State.
"The journalistic profession is first and foremost entrusted
with the role of expressing free criticism according to duties
of loyalty and good faith.
"Journalists, in this context, are entrusted with the relevant
task, for the purposes of the free formation of citizens'
opinions, of respecting the substantial truth of facts", said
Mattarella in his message to the OdG. (ANSA).
Media can't be censored says Mattarella
Journalists have huge responsibility to report facts says pres