BY C.S.H.N.MURTHY| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |09/08/2014
A debate on media freedom denounced the ban by MSOs in Telangana as unjustified.
BY C.S.H.N.MURTHY| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |28/06/2014
There has been a furore in the newly created Telangana over allegedly biased reporting by two news channels, which have since been blockaded by cable operators in the state.
BY C.S.H.N.MURTHY| IN BOOKS |26/11/2007
This article hypothesises about a theoretical interpretation called Inoculum Effect on the probable impact of such sting operations.
BY C.S.H.N.MURTHY| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |27/10/2007
For sixty years the Congress Party at the Centre and in the states has demonstrated an inclination for media repression.
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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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