Blaming the messenger

IN Media Watch Briefs | 18/11/2016

On CNN News18's special broadcast on prime time on Thursday BJP spokesperson Narasimha Rao complained that the channel was only showing negative aspects of demonetisation. Anchor Shireen Bhan put him in his place saying she would not accept such unfair attacks on her channel and the media at large for bringing all aspects of the fallout to the viewers. About time the BJP stopped blaming the media for mirroring reality and demanding positive stories from it.               

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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.                   

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.                 

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