Keeping commentators in line

IN Media Watch Briefs | 14/10/2013
Does BCCI censor cricket commentators? Their commentary and their tweets? this story on crickinfo.com suggests there is a reason why Sanjay Manjrekar is not a  commentator for BCCI's world feed in the current India Australia series. It doesn't actually give the reason but refers to a complaining tweet which was abruptly deleted. And cites the example of other cricketers who have disappeared from the commentary box, or declined contracts on account of restrictions on their commentary.
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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.                   

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.                 

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