From report or press note?

IN Media Watch Briefs | 25/02/2015

Today's Economic Times (Feb. 25) has a report on page 13 on Central support for eight schemes coming to an end. It says this is "in line with the recommendations of the 14th Finance Commission" presented in Parliament yesterday. ET quotes the report both in the story and in a box as saying 30 schemes have been identified etc. etc. But hello, none of that figures in the report! The number is actually from the press note of the finance ministry!

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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.