Stepmotherly treatment

IN Media Watch Briefs | 16/09/2002

Stepmotherly treatment

How does Doordarshan figure in priority with the government of India, vis-a-vis private channels? You could try guessing from the fact that at Doordarshan¿s anniversary function Sushma Swaraj, minister for Information and Broadcasting, made her speech and left the function saying she had to appear on a panel discussion on the eve of the Jammu and Kashmir polls. And where was the panel discussion? On Star News ofcourse.

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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.