Sex-obsessed hacks and the harm they do
BY SANJAY AUSTA| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |10/02/2016
Hacks use sex to tarnish and malign the accused. The coverage of the Arzoo murder is a case in point,
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No-go areas for artists?
BY SANJAY AUSTA| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |07/08/2014
Taken aback at the moral indignation over Facebook photos that people mistakenly thought depicted the Delhi gang rape,
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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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