Different takes

IN Media Watch Briefs | 08/03/2016

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's forthcoming jamboree on the banks of the Jamuna spread over 1000 acres of land has run into a huge controversy. While some channels like NDTV India and CNN IBN on Monday evening discussed the environmental concerns raised with 35 lakh people expected to attend, Aaj Tak took the opposite line. It had its reporters on Ground Zero paying glowing tribute to Sri Sri and his forthcoming jamboree which the President has now refused to attend.

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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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