JAVED JABBAR : Articles

BY JAVED JABBAR| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |22/05/2014

The complaint addressed by the Ministry of Defence against Geo TV to Pemra is as extreme and excessive as Geo's own live telecast of an unverified statement alleging the involvement of ISI and its DG in the attack on Hamid Mir.

Pakistan: the Pemra mess

BY JAVED JABBAR| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |28/04/2014

The sacking of the media regulatory authority chairman last fortnight shows that the nexus between regulator and government has deepened, instead of being weakened over the past 12 years,

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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.