Modi mania

IN Media Watch Briefs | 20/09/2011

Anna mania on television has been followed by Modi mania. There were endless "exclusive" interviews with Narendra Modi on ALL channels, with .everyone asking him about his "vision", his desire to be PM etc etc… Headlines Today took the cake, following the earthquake on Sunday. Instead of talking to the chief ministers of the states hit by the quake, if they had to talk to politicians, they showed a long clip of Modi giving his views/reactions on the earthquake sitting in Gujarat.

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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.