Elevating Pachauri

IN Media Watch Briefs | 02/03/2015

The bonus in the bad press that former IPCC chief R K Pachauri has been getting over the sexual harassment charge against him is that lazy journalists have elevated him to the status of a Nobel laureate. Several media outlets made this mistake. It was the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) that was given the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007, Pachauri merely received it in his capacity as IPCC chair.

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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.