Chummy chat, with swipes

IN Media Watch Briefs | 31/05/2015

Uncle Modi wants you to send him pictures of your summer holiday with the hashtag Incredible India. He is also here to buck you up in case you failed in the exam season. And he wants you to be careful in handling the summer heat. The prime minister’s Mann ki Baat on AIR on May 31 was his most miscellaneous to date. It ranged over his government’s schemes, said the one rank one pension issue was being worked upon, and took a swipe at those who had done nothing for 40 years. He said DD’s new Kisan channel was like an open university for farmers. I am speaking to you about whatever comes into my mind, he added helpfully.

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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.