IndiaTV not guilty?

IN Media Watch Briefs | 17/08/2015

While show cause notices have gone to Aaj Tak and ABP News for interviews with Chota Shakeel on July 30 and 31 relaying his comments on Yakub Memon's hanging, there has been no such notice issued to IndiaTV for running an audio interview later, (published on Youtube on August 12), in which Shakeel says the hanging reflects poorly on the Indian government, and the judiciary. (Log kya bharosa karenge Hindustan par, aapki adalat par..). No notice either to IBN 7 for an interview they relayed on August 3 where plenty was said by Shakeel about how the Indian system cannot be trusted.

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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.