SURESH KUMAR ALAPATI : Articles

Andhra Pradesh: no space left for independent media?

BY SURESH KUMAR ALAPATI| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |16/09/2017

With large swathes of the Andhra Pradesh media either owned by political parties or lined up behind them, unbiased news is a rarity.

Naidu govt‘s ban on Sakshi TV

BY SURESH KUMAR ALAPATI| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |15/06/2016

As the AP and Telangana governments try to muzzle the media, the latter, playing its own games, has either bent or crawled.

Telangana media: Hey, thanks for the free flat!

BY SURESH KUMAR ALAPATI| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |15/04/2016

For Telangana journalists, Christmas has come early. Santa Rao has given them flats virtually free of cost.

Leaks: to report or not to report?

BY SURESH KUMAR ALAPATI| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |08/12/2015

The Telangana media, by reporting the ruling party’s leaks, has become complicit in its violation of the election code of conduct.

Paid news in Telangana bypoll?

BY SURESH KUMAR ALAPATI| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |18/11/2015

Misuse of family-owned media at election time is exemplified in Warangal by the CM's newspaper and TV channel.

Naidu at war with TV news channels

BY SURESH KUMAR ALAPATI| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |24/06/2015

TV channels are caught in the crossfire when Andhra Pradesh and Telangana fight. But they also make the fur fly because their owners are politicians.

What about free speech in Telangana?

BY SURESH KUMAR ALAPATI| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |12/01/2015

With free expression in the news the continuing blackout of two TV channels in Telangana bears remembering.

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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.