BY Archana Venkat| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |18/05/2013
Fawning media coverage of actor Sanjay Dutt's conviction gave the sense of a man wronged.
BY Archana Venkat| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |02/02/2013
Sadhus driving SUVs and complaints about mismanagement deserved more follow up.
BY Archana Venkat| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |19/10/2012
Even as there is a horrific increase in reported cases of rape, the media is demonstrating that it needs to learn sensitivity in reporting this crime,
BY Archana Venkat| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |23/08/2012
People have been discriminated based on looks, caste, or language. Now add one more to it: body size.
BY Archana Venkat| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |18/08/2012
By harping on rumours, the media's coverage of the recent exodus of people of North East Indian origin showed that it had little intention of seeking the truth.
BY Archana Venkat| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |03/08/2012
The reportage on the massive power outage in 20 States failed to provide answers to people's most fundamental questions.
BY Archana Venkat| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |27/06/2012
Incisive and comprehensive sports reportage is still a far cry in India.
BY Archana Venkat| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |28/05/2012
Despite the stakeholders stressing the need to reduce tension among students when exam results are expected, most media reports do the opposite.
BY Archana Venkat| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |09/02/2012
The mainstream media, which have shown unabashed obsession with celebrity illness in the recent past, fight shy of portraying the larger picture of health care of the Indian people.
BY Archana Venkat| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |15/01/2012
The large media houses have been giving full play to every opinion of the Chairman of the Press Council of India even on issues that are beyond the purview of the council.
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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.                   

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.                 

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