Goading protesters

IN Media Watch Briefs | 23/04/2016

This Catch News story describes how two photographers from PTI and Tribune tried to create more provocation at a tame Jantar Mantar protest against the recent Handwara killings so that they could get more newsy pictures. It names the journalists and has their photographs. From the story: "Zeroing in on the most obviously Kashmiri members, Aggarwal got in their faces and snidely asked whether they'd brought Pakistani flags to wave."

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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.