‘Intruders’ harm reputation of media — Tarawneh

DEAD SEA — Lower House Speaker Atef Tarawneh on Thursday stressed the importance of outlining criteria that define professional media.

At a workshop seeking to explore mechanisms to regulate the relationship between the Lower House and the media, Tarawneh said a limited number of people who have joined the media as intruders have harmed the reputation of other professional journalists.

At the workshop, organised by Al Hayat Centre for Civil Society Development, he called for re-examining the law governing the work of the Jordan Press Association, the Access to Information Law, the Press and Publications Law and the Penal Code, and every piece of legislation that may implicitly hamper the task of journalists in conveying the truth.