Media allies

IN Media Watch Briefs | 28/10/2011

Mr Chidambaram seems to have some high-powered support from the media in countering the allegations Subramaniam Swamy and Arun Jaitley have been throwing at him. First there was the India Today cover story whose headline made a statement. It was called Fall Guy. It used confidential documents and notes to let Mr C off the hook and point to the PM as the person who was to blame. Now Karan Thapar on India Tonight has a panel where three people are ranged against Subramaniam Swamy including Prabhu Chawla, and two legal people. Both KT Tulsi and Soli Sorabji bat for P Chidambaram, so does the other PC. Thapar appears quite pleased with that.

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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.