JIM NAURECKAS : Articles

Trump’s inauguration and the legitimacy fetish

BY JIM NAURECKAS| IN OPINION |21/01/2017

Apprehensive as they are about what a Trump presidency might bring, mainstream media pundits stoutly defend the legitimacy of his election.

The biggest strike in world history? No thanks

BY JIM NAURECKAS| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |13/09/2016

When millions of workers go out on strike in the second-largest country in the world you’d think that would merit some kind of news coverage, right?

It’s True, media did cover Beirut bombings

BY JIM NAURECKAS| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |22/11/2015

…About 1/40th as much as they covered Paris attacks. The New York Times did cover the Beirut blasts—in one story, on page 6.

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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.