Gory pictures

IN Media Watch Briefs | 14/07/2011

The Hindu in Delhi has carried far more gory pictures of blast victims than any other daily, including the tabloid Mail Today. Both on its front and back pages, from the badly injured to the deceased, pictures have been splashed for all to see, and this is not for the first time. It seems it does not think twice before compounding the misery of the victims and their families. Maybe they can learn from Mid-day whose editor Sachin Kalbag has tweeted that the paper will not publish pictures of the bodies of those killed.

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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.