Morning titillation

IN Media Watch Briefs | 15/12/2009

A reader writes: On December 15 morning Headlines Today was running a partially blacked out MMS clip of a policemen and a female victim in Goa engaged in oral sex. The clip left little to the imagination. The story could have been reported without using the clip. What is it that makes them feel comfortable about running such a visual repeatedly? Does it in any way help in delivering the facts of the case to the viewer?

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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.