Siddharth Varadarajan : Articles

BY Siddharth Varadarajan| IN OPINION |30/10/2012

For a site dedicated to media criticism, the least we expect is that you do some sort of fact checking. The Hindu -- under Mr. N. Ram's editorship -- extensively highlighted the allegations against RIL over KG basin gas.

Media ethics and the SIT report on Gujarat

BY Siddharth Varadarajan| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |12/05/2009

Reporters should be careful about claiming to have "access" to explosive confidential documents when all they might have are a few paragraphs selectively planted on them by vested interests.

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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.