{"id":161452,"date":"2016-04-29T02:20:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T20:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=161452"},"modified":"2016-04-29T13:17:24","modified_gmt":"2016-04-29T07:47:24","slug":"media-ministry-in-muddle-over-joint-opposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/media-ministry-in-muddle-over-joint-opposition\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Ministry In Muddle Over \u2018Joint Opposition\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Conflicting views continued from the Yahapalanaya government, this time with Mass Media Minister Gayantha Karunathilaka and Ministry Secretary Nimal Bopage in a fresh muddle over Bopage\u2019s letter to the media criticizing them for giving publicity to the joint opposition.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_137807\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/requests-made-for-exiled-journos-to-return-but-no-action-taken\/gayantha-ct\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-137807\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-137807\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137807\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Gayantha-CT.jpg\" alt=\"Gayantha Karunatilake - Minister Media \" width=\"224\" height=\"274\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-137807\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gayantha Karunatilake &#8211; Minister Media<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Reacting to Bopage\u2019s letter which was released as a media statement on Thursday under the official letterhead of the Ministry of Parliament Reforms and Mass Media, Karunathilaka said that the statement was Bopage\u2019s \u201cpersonal stand and not the view of the government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his statement, Bopage warned that journalists as well as media organisations can be legally viable for giving publicity to a group known as the joint opposition. 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