S Y Quraishi : Articles

'If the Press Council is handicapped so is the Election Commission'

BY S Y Quraishi| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |19/06/2012

"Not all thieves can be made to mend their ways. Self-regulation may be the ideal solution to the problem of paid news, but it is not the most realistic one."

All the news that’s fit to buy

BY S Y Quraishi| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |20/03/2010

Paid news is not free speech. The commission is concerned about the undue influence that paid news can create in the mind of the voter. It is against free and fair polls. It could derail democracy,

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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.