ANUP KUMAR : Articles

Pollution: Forget politics, focus on smog science

BY ANUP KUMAR| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |17/11/2017

It’s not the crop burning, stupid. It’s vehicles that create smog and the media should educate the public.

Patra was way out of line but does Razdan own the show?

BY ANUP KUMAR| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |03/06/2017

A professional journalist does not own air time. She has borrowed the time from the public as a trustee of public interest,

How to identify media propaganda

BY ANUP KUMAR| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |28/03/2017

Any news that does not contain facts and shades of opinion that allow readers to draw their own meaning is inadvertent propaganda.

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Amazon resisting voluntary censorship

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.

Let the games begin

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.