Sri Lanka, July 1 -- It is with humour that I listened to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake deliver his almost monthly speech in Parliament last week stating that if the media does not come out of the garbage pile they are in, they would not survive.

What a choice of words, and that too, from a head of state!

President Dissanayake has forgotten that when he started his journey aspiring to be president, it was this very media that helped him in getting his campaign pledges delivered to the masses across the country. And it was this very media that gave him a fair platform in conveying his anti-corruption pledges, and stood by him when he wanted to bring in a new system change.

Now that he is in the seat, President Dissanayake should...