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IN Media Watch Briefs | 07/03/2014

On March 1, several Mumbai dailies carried pieces praising Cong leader Gurudas Kamat, crediting him the day after the Maharashtra govt legalised slums that came up in Mumbai between 1995 and 2000. Though the articles read like a political ad they weren't marked so. Kamat has rubbished the allegations and told the Indian Express that "he knows the rules".

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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.