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IN Media Watch Briefs | 17/11/2009

TV has touched a new low. Apparently it is no longer safe for celebs to type out sms with the media anywhere around. Mid-day on Tuesday carried a story on what Kareena wrote to Saif. The whole message was "recorded" when Kareena was in the office of a Marathi

channel and the enterprising cameraman decided to play voyeur. Midday did no better, splashing the whole sms for the world to read.

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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.