Misquoting Hitler in tribute

IN Media Watch Briefs | 29/07/2015

This one takes the cake. The equivalent of an half page ad in the Hindustan Times misquotes Adolf Hitler slightly to pay tribute to "The Missile Man of India":"If you want to shine like a sun then burn like sun." Tagged on to this are the ten key principles given by the late former president which UP is implementing, says the ad issued in the name of the CM Akhilesh Yadav. Did the good CM's PR department know who the author of the quote is?

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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.