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IN Media Watch Briefs | 03/09/2002

All are culpable

The Supreme Court of India has held that the Resident Editor, the Managing Editor and the Chief Editor are equally responsible as the ``Editor" of a newspaper or magazine for publication of any libellous material and they could be prosecuted for defamation whether or not their name are printed on the newspaper. It gave this ruling rejecting the contention of the Chief Editor of Malayala Manorama, K.M. Mathew, the Managing Editor of Indian Express, Vivek Goenka and the (former) Resident Editor of Hindustan, Hari Narain Nigam, challenging the criminal proceedings pending against them in various courts.

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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.