Masala Mid day!

IN Media Watch Briefs | 12/03/2010

Mid day on March 11 carried a story on a sexually explicit scene being depicted in a forthcoming film. And if the story and the accompanying picture weren't offensive enough, the paper decided to pull out pornographic pictures from the files to add more masala to the copy. While the objectionable scene has been described as "not for titillation", can't say the same for the old pictures that have been dug out of nowhere.

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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.