IGM warns against media boycotts

The Institute of Maltese Journalists (IGM) condemned the statement by Lino Farrugia, secretary-general of the Federazzjoni Kaccaturi Nassaba Konservazzjonisti (FKNK), in which he attacked newspaper editor Saviour Balzan and called for a boycott of...

The Institute of Maltese Journalists (IGM) condemned the statement by Lino Farrugia, secretary-general of the Federazzjoni Kaccaturi Nassaba Konservazzjonisti (FKNK), in which he attacked newspaper editor Saviour Balzan and called for a boycott of Malta Today.

The IGM expressed solidarity with the journalist and urged its members to show their moral support. "Journalists will not be intimidated by the threats of those who have a poor understanding of how the media should be treated in a democratic society," chairman Malcolm J. Naudi said.

The IGM also noted how in the recent past, boycotts against media organisations have not been beneficial to the organisations that resorted to them in the first place.

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