Zee's favourite theme

IN Media Watch Briefs | 10/03/2016

Doesn't Zee News ever get tired of its own hyped up nationalism act? Last night (march 9) Sudhir Chaudhary was at it again on his programme called DNA, ranting about an 'Afzhal premi gang' which supports the breaking up of the country. The specific target was scientist and poet Gauhar Raza about whom a reporter intoned sarcastically that he had even made a documentary on the Gujarat riots! Between them reporter and anchor raved about the lamentably activities of such poets who support sedition, no less. Clips to illustrate their "desh drohi" activity were from a 'Shankar-Shaad Mushaira' held in Delhi to lament the attacks on JNU.

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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.