Harking back

IN Media Watch Briefs | 07/03/2011

A Star News Special on March 6 had to be seen to be believed. The channel used the occasion of Varun Gandhi’s marriage to reconstruct his mother’s exit from Indira Gandhi’s house in 1982! And how. Using Khushwant’s Singhs account of the events, three reporters took turns to dramatically narrate what happened, in front of the gate of 1 Safdarjung Road where those events occurred, even as a bemused guard watched in the background.

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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.