Stolen story

IN Media Watch Briefs | 09/02/2010

The Financial Chronicle complained late last month that its scoop on a Air India-Indian Airlines demerger was ripped off point by point by the Times of India and carried as TOI’s own bylined story two days later. It also listed other plagiarised points in TOI’s story.The only original point, said FC, was the TOI carrying the minister’s denial of the story. We stand by our story, it added.

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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.