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IN Media Watch Briefs | 22/01/2011

The three editors on Karan Thapar’s Last Word on Friday night on CNN IBN were all political people, according to Sanjay Baru editor of the Business Standard. He told Thapar that while he was referring to Chandan Mitra of Pioneer as a BJP politician and to him (Baru) as the Prime Minister’s former media advisor, the fact was that the third panelist N Ram while being chief editor of the Hindu was also a member of the CPM, or used to be. Mr Ram did not respond to that.

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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.