KAKOLI THAKUR : Articles

BY KAKOLI THAKUR| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |18/10/2015

The media blame politicians for exploiting social issues for political mileage but are the media any different with their feeding frenzies around tragedies, as the Dadri coverage showed?

Assam floods: who cares?

BY KAKOLI THAKUR| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |11/09/2015

Nearly 1.5 million people were affected in this year’s floods but our media was busy focusing on the Sheena Bora case as if Assam had no other news to offer.

Sheena Bora case: Where is the media headed?

BY KAKOLI THAKUR| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |29/08/2015

We are experiencing a kind of journalism that has thrown all media ethics, morality and laws to the wind.

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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.