BY Madabhushi Sridhar| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |11/06/2015
The channels in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have nailed their colours to their antennae over the Reddy bribing scandal
BY Madabhushi Sridhar| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |08/10/2014
Numerous attempts have been made to amend or weaken the RTI but the latest came from an unusual quarter - the High Court of Madras. But this time too public opinion, through a vibrant media, has stymied it,
BY Madabhushi Sridhar| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |12/09/2014
The divisive climate in the newly created states is leading to a worrying new news dynamic which is never discussed.
BY Madabhushi Sridhar| IN LAW AND POLICY |30/07/2014
In a recent judgement the Supreme Court shed light on this grey area.
BY Madabhushi Sridhar| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |19/06/2014
Telugu channel TV9's sarcastic and scathing coverage of events in the new Telangana legislature has set the stage for a legal confrontation.
BY Madabhushi Sridhar| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |15/09/2013
The police became the prime actors all because a top police officer with a controversial background visited a godman, and was covered by TV channels.
BY Madabhushi Sridhar| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |13/09/2013
It is high time people in responsible position reconcile to the role of watch-dog media and watch-dog civil society and not misuse the expression 'media trial' to save the guilty,
BY Madabhushi Sridhar| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |03/08/2013
The TRS chief has long been discovering the mischief that media can do and the coverage of his speech to government employees yesterday was a potent instance,
BY Madabhushi Sridhar| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |27/05/2013
The media boosted IPL's popularity with lavish coverage, giving BCCI a legitimacy which it turned out not to deserve.
BY Madabhushi Sridhar| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |18/05/2013
Under Section 66A of the IT Act, critical comments on cyberspace are inviting penal action, even arrest.
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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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