Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai,
Panama (House of Journalism),
November 29, 1989 Videotape #106

Q: My interest is to know Your impression or Your personal opinion about the role of the press, radio and television. Does it contribute in some way toward the hostility of humanity?

M: Yes, it’s true. I agree with you. The press and television or radio communication systems are supposed to be the best for the service of humankind, for the enlightening of people’s mind and the amusement of the people. And they have fulfilled their duty in some part.

But on the other hand, there were some careless maneuvers of this communicative power. Therefore, sometimes the false and the misunderstanding distortion of news and some kinds of violent pictures and very bad performance are shown on the press, on television, or radio or theater. This mistake should be corrected, because it deepens the hostility between the nations and groups and sects. And that doesn’t contribute to peace.

So I agree with the gentleman regarding his opinion about this matter. We should also do all that is in our power to remind the press and the radio and communication systems to remember their noble duty, and not to give way to partial sentiment or the fame and name of this world. They should select what’s healthy and enlightened to show to the people. And they should forsake what’s harmful, violent or a bad influence and should not show these to the people at large.

I do not mean that they should not report a true story. But I mean that they should not be adding to the violent nature of the world, with more violence and more imaginable violence, and imagining violence and all kinds of evil in the films and in the news and in the literature. That’s bad and has the worst effect on the children.

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