Chandrababu Naidu is fighting political embarrassment by muzzling the media in two ways: invoking the 'public interest' and misusing the Cable Act.
The BJP's misuse of the media has echoes of Indira Gandhi's Emergency. Yet when out of power, the party is in campaign mode for the autonomy for Prasar Bharati.
The question to ask is, would we want the CM to ban and unban channels at will? By which constitutional or legal authority is the CM of a state being bestowed such powers,
Dominant media in Andhra Pradesh, with close links to the Telugu Desam Party, has for years showed contempt for all things Telangana.
Who will help socially responsible media survive? Regulators have to find ways of providing a fair business environment, and subscribers have to support quality journalism.
The DCHL story began to unravel since the middle of 2012 when IFCI filed a petition in the Andhra Pradesh High Court seeking the liquidation of 'Deccan Chronicle'.
It is a minor leap of faith after that to throw around names, photos and police sketches from the morgues to beef up the stories and ramp up jingoism.
In a swift and amazing operation, several Telugu news channels were blacked out on government orders for 20 minutes during the September 30 Telangana rally.
In Andhra Pradesh the ownership of TV news space is essentially a part of one's political agenda.
Is NDTV trading its role as an independent media organization by plugging into the state's own agenda for legitimacy?