Second scribe killed in June

IN Media Watch Briefs | 21/06/2015

It is the second killing of a journalist this month. After a scribe was set on fire in Shahjehanpur in UP earlier this month, another reporter from Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh, Sandeep Kothari, was killed and his burnt body was recovered on the night of June 20. Police suspect Kothari was kidnapped and murdered because he refused to withdraw a case he had filed in a local court against some persons for illegal mining. He was the district correspondent for some Hindi newspapers.

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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.