Reporter's version

IN Media Watch Briefs | 19/06/2015

A reader points out that this TOI front page story on June 18 on the murder of a 2-year-old is a reconstruction by the reporter which cites no source, and states the murder as fact before a charge sheet has been filed and before anything is proven in court. The word alleged is used nowhere. The story is about a minor girl from East Delhi who allegedly lured her neighbour's child, killed her, then transported the body in her school bag and dumped it in a wooded area near her house.

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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.