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IN Media Watch Briefs | 17/01/2008

Raghav Bahl, managing director of the Network 18 group which owns CNBC-TV 18 cites the example of a reviewer on CNN-IBN, the channel they part own, lambasting a film made by his group as an example of editorial independence. A smart way to win brownie points if you ask us. Praising the film would have raised eyebrows, lambasting it gives it publicity anyway. Exchange4media

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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.