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A former journalist is convicted by a lower court

BY SEVANTI NINAN| IN ARCHIVE |09/03/2017

As Prashant Rahi is sentenced for life along with Prof. Saibaba, the Hoot reprints an article on him from its archives.

Spotting the astro turf

BY ANJALI PURI| IN ARCHIVE |18/11/2016

On November 18, 2010 the Radia tapes emerged. On the sixth anniversary of the scandal we republish a memorable series on PR from The Hoot.

So Many Kinds of PR!

BY ANJALI PURI| IN ARCHIVE |05/11/2016

All the hapless viewer knows as she glides from gadget PR to corporate golf PR to tell-me-your-company’s- success-story PR…is that when TV doesn’t roar, it purrs.

Hacks and Flacks: ‘Lunching, dining and pitching’

BY ANJALI PURI| IN ARCHIVE |05/11/2016

Well-spoken executives offering well-packaged stories also came in to pitch for new players who needed to build profiles, influence policy and defuse criticism.

The Kashmir the media does not report

BY Sumegha Gulati| IN ARCHIVE |30/07/2016

And then, I ran. Not because I wanted to shirk off my journalistic duties but because no story is worth a life.

Tour de Scam

BY AJITH PILLAI| IN ARCHIVE |30/04/2016

A Hoot Retrospective from 2013: Tourism in Rome, Milan and Sicily will get a boost as Indian investigators shop for insights into the chopper deal.

The media’s record on SAR Geelani

BY SEVANTI NNAN| IN ARCHIVE |21/03/2016

As the December 13, 2001 Parliament attack accused S AR Geelani is acquitted by the High Court, it is instructive to revisit the reporting on his case,

Spotting the Astro Turf

BY ANJALI PURI| IN ARCHIVE |25/09/2012

A HOOT SPECIAL REPORT-close to two years after the Radia tapes emerged, media management remains a hardy industry.

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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.