Hoot editorial : Articles

Bans, regulation, and political paranoia

BY Hoot editorial| IN LAW AND POLICY |11/11/2013

What does the voter need more: opinion polls, or more ground reporting on what a party's performance is? One would imagine the latter.

Confronting impunity

BY Hoot editorial| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |13/06/2011

In a country where there is now more soft journalism than hard, J Dey, editor investigations of Mid-Day, has paid the price for risking taking on dangerous people.

A complaints body for broadcasting at last

BY Hoot editorial| IN LAW AND POLICY |19/02/2011

This Council is meant to make private sector broadcasting more accountable and the big question is whether the Government will bring Prasar Bharati under its ambit. It should.

Merging estates

BY Hoot editorial| IN OPINION |19/11/2010

Politicians are these ordinary guys doing a difficult job. They sometimes need help from those who can see things as they are. Like us hacks.

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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.