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Clearing
the air that his family has been maintaining a cordial relationship
with the press for the past four decades, Suriya said on Monday that
his utterances at a protest meet organised by the 'Nadigar Sangam' has
been twisted out of contest.
"I
respect the media a lot. I in fact told at the protest venue itself
that media job is a noble profession. However, like in any other field,
there are good and bad elements in the media too. Even me too is a
victim of that," he said.
Stating
that his remarks were only against such bad elements, the actor said it
did not apply to the entire press community. "The journalists are well
aware of the respect we have been showing at them for the past 40
years," he said.
Meanwhile,
a senior journalist on Monday moved the Madras High Court demanding
action against Tamil actors for their alleged derogatory and defamatory
statements against journalists and their families.
He
said action has been sought against actors Vivek, Sripriya,
Vijayakumar, Sathyaraj, Arun Kumar and Suriya, for their 'inflammatory
remarks' against the media at the protest meeting, organised to condemn
a Tamil daily for publishing a report about actresses allegedly
involved in prostitution.
"The
news editor of the daily was arrested two days after a complaint by the
actors. But no action has been taken against complaints filed against
actors by journalists. A CD containing the speeches made by the six
actors will be played to the judge when the case comes up for hearing,"
said V Anbazhagan, president of the Chennai Union of Journalists (CUJ).
Here is the press release from actor Suriya' http://i.indiaglitz.com/tamil/news/suriya131009_1.jpg | 
