Political pitfalls

IN Media Watch Briefs | 19/03/2015

A university for mass communication named after a Congress CM, started by a subsequent Congress CM, has run into trouble with the BJP government. The trouble began last June for a university in Jaipur named after Haridev Joshi, begun by Ashok Gehlot. The Vasundhara Raje government has now announced that it will be closed. Another journalism and communication university outside Raipur, named after Kushabhau Thakre, is unlikely to face such problems anytime soon.

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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.