Frontal attack

IN Media Watch Briefs | 05/11/2011

TOI’s Chennai edition has an ad which shows a man who has fallen asleep while reading a newspaper, against the backdrop of a mythological scene. Its tagline says, “boring coverage of dull old fashioned entertainment, long drawn out articles on the unchanging water situation..,” etc and asks ‘why start your day with a newspaper which lacks the dynamism of our constantly changing world.” We will have to wait and see what campaign the Hindu comes up with in response.

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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.