A HOOT COMMENT : Articles

Amateurish sting traps gullible media managements

BY A HOOT COMMENT| IN MEDIA BUSINESS |26/05/2018

That so many fell for this sting says a lot for the amorality that may have begun to pervade the media business.

Online regulation: another hasty move?

BY A HOOT COMMENT| IN LAW AND POLICY |06/04/2018

PM Modi and Smriti Irani need to tread wisely if their legacy is not to be a hasty one which does more damage than good. The media policy legacy of an earlier BJP government was a positive one.

Who will protect the citizenry from the press?

BY A HOOT COMMENT| IN OPINION |25/03/2017

When ordinary citizens are defamed by two of the country’s biggest English newspapers, what recourse do they have?

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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.