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IN Media Watch Briefs | 18/04/2009

In case you did not know, you have the Times of India to thank for some who turned out to vote on the first day of polling. It actually says so: "Many voters told our correspondents they were influenced by awareness campaigns …especially TOI’s Lead India campaign." Its own Page 1 table though shows that 2009’s turnout dropped in 11 states.

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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.