Change of mind?

IN Media Watch Briefs | 03/10/2015

Back in May 2008 TOI had famously headlined a story on Rajesh Talwar "Dr Death and the House of Horror". And carried one more: "Attack Showed Clinical Precision and Planning" (Earlier this year TOI referred to both headlines without attribution! ) But now the circumstances are a little different. A movie on the murder has just released made by the Times Group's Junglee Pictures. And on October 3, page 5 of the Delhi edition, TOI had a very different take, prominently played: "The Talwar conviction that doesn't convince". A long story which helpfully tells you at the bottom about the movie now playing. Well, well, well.

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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.