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IN Media Watch Briefs | 15/06/2017

The take you got on how Vijay Mallya's extradition hearing went on June 13 depended on whether you watched TV or read newspapers. TOI told you that the court hearing on his extradition has been pushed to December — and might not happen till next year. It quoted the judge saying: "Are Indians normally very prompt in their responses? They have taken six months so far and we haven't got any further forward in the past 6 weeks." The Hindu also reported the delay in getting papers across. But on TV there was no mention of the delay on the part of GOI. A CNN New 18 report said the extradition would happen soon, Republic TV was fulminating about the need to cut off ties with UK over Mallya, Times Now was also fulminating: "Vijay Mallya Insults India - Times Now EXPOSES Him".

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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.