BY AMITABH SRIVASTAVA| IN OPINION |25/03/2016
Why do TV channels choose ex-cricketers with a less than glorious track record to commentate on the glorious game?
BY AMITABH SRIVASTAVA| IN DIGITAL MEDIA |04/03/2016
A portal called The Better India which carries only good news gets over four million hits a month. Get inspired by their stories.
BY AMITABH SRIVASTAVA| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |11/02/2016
Dancing a jig on TV, firing in the air, disco-dancing –politicians seem to have become bolder and more open.
BY AMITABH SRIVASTAVA| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |19/01/2016
The media overcame its scepticism of the odd-even scheme to publicise and support the scheme in a big way.
BY AMITABH SRIVASTAVA| IN OPINION |13/01/2016
TV godmen thrive and astrology is embedded in the papers. But neither media, politicians, nor courts want to curb the mumbo-jumbo epidemic,
BY AMITABH SRIVASTAVA| IN OPINION |27/12/2015
The Supreme Court’s 66A ruling earlier this year bolstering free speech was widely applauded. Its downside, though, is torrential abuse on social media,
BY AMITABH SRIVASTAVA| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |21/12/2015
Was the juvenile brutalised by his depiction? Do the facts of the case fly in the face of the media myth-making?
BY AMITABH SRIVASTAVA| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |20/12/2015
If anchors would do some homework before launching into shrill debates, the outcome would be more informative for viewers,
BY AMITABH SRIVASTAVA| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |13/03/2014
There is nothing wrong if a politician is suggesting that certain issues should be highlighted or a helpful anchor is giving helpful suggestions for an interview as long as the basic thrust and thought of the interview is not diluted,
BY AMITABH SRIVASTAVA| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |03/02/2014
It is unfortunate that when both Modi and the Congress were trying to bury the communal issues, the anchor of the most popular show has resurrected the ghosts of 1984 riots once again,
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The new term for self censorship is voluntary censorship, as proposed by companies like Netflix and Hotstar. ET reports that streaming video service Amazon Prime is opposing a move by its peers to adopt a voluntary censorship code in anticipation of the Indian government coming up with its own rules. Amazon is resisting because it fears that it may alienate paying subscribers.                   

Clearly, the run to the 2019 elections is on. A journalist received a call from someone saying they were from Aajtak channel and were conducting a survey, asking whom she was going to vote for in 2019. On being told that her vote was secret, the caller assumed she wasn't going to vote for 'Modiji'. The caller, a woman, also didn't identify herself. A month or two earlier the same journalist received a call, this time from a man, asking if she was going to vote for the BSP.                 

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