Apologise and donate

IN Media Watch Briefs | 21/02/2010

Amitabh Bachchan has sought an apology from the Mumbai Mirror for claiming that his daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is suffering from stomach tuberculosis. After chastising the media in his blog, Bachchan now wants a full apology to be printed on the same page, in the same size print as the original story, and including the signatures of the journalist and editor. And an immediate donation of a sum to a national charitable foundation of the paper's choosing and an article in the newspaper highlighting its work.

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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.