Sudeep K S : Articles

The Media's newfound love for reservations

BY Sudeep K S| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |29/03/2010

This is the same media and middle class who have always been hell-bent against all reservations, who have listed reservation as among one of the most despicable evils.

One more survey that is actually an ad?

BY Sudeep K S| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |11/10/2008

If you thought this was a subtle and tasteless campaign for selling more blades, worse was waiting to come.

Land struggles: does the media care?

BY Sudeep K S| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |27/04/2008

Native resistance to big projects and resulting displacement does not have news value any more, unless it happens in a state where a communist party rules.

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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.