Naseer A Ganai : Articles

Shooting the messenger

BY Naseer A Ganai| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |05/06/2009

If the media is reporting the misuse of force by the state government against protesters is it unprofessional?

When a Guinness world record isn’t news

BY Naseer A Ganai| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |25/05/2009

When the Guinness book of world records recently recognized Kashmir as the ‘largest militarized territorial dispute’ in the world, the Indian media blocked the news as usual.

Manufacturing Consent

BY Naseer A Ganai| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |02/05/2009

If the participation of the people in the J&K assembly elections was a vote for India why is the non-participation this time being attributed to broken promises as reported by Greater Kashmir, poll fatigue as reported by the Himalayan Mail, lack of z

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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.