Setting the record straight

IN Media Watch Briefs | 01/08/2015

In response to the brief 'Ignorant news anchoring' CNN IBN anchor Ananya Dasgupta responds, "In your column Media Watch Briefs you criticize me as ignorant. The segment in question is called Twitter Deck- reactions of the public on a current issue. I was quoting a tweet that said that UR Ananthamurthy was not directly from the film world. It was that person's view. We had similarly taken other viewpoints. You too have written that I was "rattling off reactions". I referred to UR Ananthamurthy as "noted author". So how does reporting views on social media make me ignorant?"

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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.