VIVIAN FERNANDES : Articles

Half-baked half-truths

BY VIVIAN FERNANDES| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |05/01/2015

By not checking the ground reality, reports on conversions end up being sketchy and misleading.

Democratic scrutiny missing?

BY VIVIAN FERNANDES| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |09/08/2014

Is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's reliance on social media amounting to a repudiation of the journalistic function,

Raghav Bahl: felled by his own philosophy?

BY VIVIAN FERNANDES| IN MEDIA BUSINESS |31/05/2014

That he did not expect Mukesh Ambani to formalise control is evident from the Think India Foundation set up last year and his plans for it.

We must decriminalise defamation

BY VIVIAN FERNANDES| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |17/09/2013

Society must see decriminalising defamation law as a service to itself, not a concession to journalists,

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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.