From a well wisher from Thirunelvely, Jaffna to Maharaja
Television (MTV) in Colombo
"...I felt that I should write after watching a news
item on
News First
where a senior member of the UPFA Alliance was vilifying MTV and its
owners for the kind of news coverage that your channels provide. What
came to my mind was the well known adage that it is the tree that bears
fruit abundantly that has the most stones cast at it. I am sure that you
all would have known that you must be doing something right to receive
such attention from a personage like Mr.Weeravamsa (of the JVP)
For the Tamil community in the north the
MTV news channel
is the only one that is available to us that is independent and tries to
tell it like it is. I for one am greatly appreciative of the fact that
the Tamil viewpoint is given sufficient airtime, something for which
News First must be unique in this country. Like with all news programmes
criticism can be made but overwhelmingly I would say the balance and the
stance is something your organization can take great satisfaction in. At
a time when the state media has been reduced to the same plight as that
seen in totalitarian states, news programmes such as this are crucial
for the public to be informed of what goes on.
I am sure that you subscribe to the philosophy of
'sticks and stones---'! I am confident that this will only further
encourage your team. I certainly hope News First goes from strength to
strength..."
