A media booster for Manipuri sportswomen
BY Ninglun Hanghal| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |15/10/2010
When boxing champion Sarita protested against being dropped from the Indian team, the media was present in strength to take up her case.
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Off key song
BY Ninglun Hanghal| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |05/09/2010
A documentary on an intractable problem leaves the viewer with more question than insights
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Militantly minding the media
BY Ninglun Hanghal| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |30/06/2010
Barring editors and office bearers of the journalists’ union, not a single reporter has been spared the threat calls by unidentified persons in Manipur.
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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.                 

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