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IN Media Watch Briefs | 23/02/2008

The Congress party-backed Jaihind TV channel stands accused of insulting party leader and Defence Minister A.K. Antony. A political satire aired by it last month showed him and veteran leader K. Karunakaran fighting with swords. Antony¿s aides wanted to find out if this was the work of Congress leaders opposed to Antony.

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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.