Shoot from the hip

IN Media Watch Briefs | 13/04/2013

Should the Press Council not do its checks before it censures a newspaper for paid news? Or is that in keeping with Chairman Katyju's shoot-from-the-hip style? Now the PCI has rescinded its original censure after taking into consideration the facts presented by the paper. Apparently the paper's reply was "not taken on record" earlier .(The Hindu) The matter relates to news reports published in the run up to the Bihar assembly elections of 2010.

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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.