Sourceless wonder

IN Media Watch Briefs | 11/08/2015

On August 11 the lead story in the Indian Express said that “as recently as 2013” an unnamed Delhi-based lawyer who is also a Congress leader told his party leadership that Dawood Ibrahim was ready to return to India and face trial. This is confirmed by unnamed top officials of the former UPA government. The paper also learns the then NSA Shivshankar Menon and the then PM Manmohan Singh discussed the “offer”.The former NSA could not be reached for his comments. Manmohan Singh emails a denial saying he has no recollection of such an offer. Which presumably is enough to make this a lead story.

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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.