Dhaka, Sept. 1 -- National Consensus Commission Vice-Chairman Professor Ali Riaz on Sunday said it would be a big reform if the politicians uphold commitment to press freedom.

He made the comment while participating in a view exchange meeting on the proposed rep ort of the mass media reform commission at the Daily Star Bhaban here.

Ali Riaz said the politicians would have to take responsibility for maintaining fascist government by using the Journalism for long sixteen years, adding that the independent and profession journalism is not possible through continuing the existing form of ownership in media, reports BSS.

"You have to decide whether you would be a shopkeeper or the fourth estate," he told the meeting.

On the press freedom, ...