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<title><![CDATA[No easy answers on porn]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Shouldnt we focus more on how we understand rape and sexual violence itself rather than seek justification for a crisis of masculinity and an epic failure of governance MANJIMA BHATTACHARYA examines the contentious issue.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma A memoir]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[With the passing of Justice Verma we have lost one of the greatest of our jurists and a firm friend of responsible media. The NBSA was truly fortunate to have him as its first chair says  NITIN DESAI]]></description>
<link>http://www.thehoot.org/web/home/story.php?sectionId=7&#38;mod=1&amp;pg=1&amp;valid=true&amp;storyid=6740</link>
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<title><![CDATA[DOCUMENTATION TRAI consultation paper on TV audience measurement]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A robust methodology would ensure the reliability of the ratings provided by the rating agencies whereas a poor methodology would distort the measurement results adversely affecting the sector as a whole. TRAI  now tackles TV audience rating methodology.]]></description>
<link>http://www.thehoot.org/web/home/story.php?sectionId=7&#38;mod=1&amp;pg=1&amp;valid=true&amp;storyid=6729</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Media reform begins at home]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Prasar Bharati has become an end in itself though not all good things need to be done by a government created vehicle. Meanwhile a vast populations information needs are not met says SEVANTI NINAN]]></description>
<link>http://www.thehoot.org/web/home/story.php?sectionId=7&#38;mod=1&amp;pg=1&amp;valid=true&amp;storyid=6704</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Penalty An advisory]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Both self regulation and the I and B ministrys Inter Ministerial  Committee for  broadcasting complaints have proved to be a farce. EDARA  GOPI  CHAND  cites information obtained through RTI to prove his point.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Legally certified hacks]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Journalists will be competent and incompetent rascals and angels regardless of which institutions they come out of. A HOOT comment. Pix Markandey Katju]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[TRAI tries again]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The regulator is not giving up in its efforts to push regulation of cross media holdings. Excerpts from its latest consultation paper. Pix Rahul Khullar Chairman TRAI]]></description>
<link>http://www.thehoot.org/web/home/story.php?sectionId=7&#38;mod=1&amp;pg=1&amp;valid=true&amp;storyid=6619</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Public order is the only valid ground]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What breaches law and order would not necessarily affect society or a particular community as a whole. SAURAV DATTA revisits what courts have said about reasonable restrictions.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Gender sensitive or TRP oriented]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[TV channels had a field day attacking conservative comments on rape womens dress and behaviour. R JAGADEESWARA RAO thinks they went a bit overboard with an eye on ratings instead of sticking to reasoned debate.]]></description>
<link>http://www.thehoot.org/web/home/story.php?sectionId=7&#38;mod=1&amp;pg=1&amp;valid=true&amp;storyid=6539</link>
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<title><![CDATA[TRAIs selective perceptions]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The regulator wants to keep government out of the business of TV broadcasting and distribution. PADMAJA SHAW asks what damage staterun channels can do that the private channels are not already doing.]]></description>
<link>http://www.thehoot.org/web/home/story.php?sectionId=7&#38;mod=1&amp;pg=1&amp;valid=true&amp;storyid=6538</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Leveson and the spotlight on regulation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Recent instances of impropriety in the Indian press make it useful to study how the British inquiry into the ethics and practices of the fourth estate can apply to the Indian scenario says ARADHANA SHARMA Pix Lord Justice Leveson]]></description>
<link>http://www.thehoot.org/web/home/story.php?sectionId=7&#38;mod=1&amp;pg=1&amp;valid=true&amp;storyid=6477</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Framing the ITU conference]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[What we are presenting is a quick overview also sourced from the Internet of the way the media in different parts of the world is framing the issue. A HOOT ready reckoner. Pix www.guardian.co.uk]]></description>
<link>http://www.thehoot.org/web/home/story.php?sectionId=7&#38;mod=1&amp;pg=1&amp;valid=true&amp;storyid=6466</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Fighting  the draconian S66A]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The problem cannot be resolved by a review of S 66A by Judiciary or guidelines against misuse issued by the Executive. The only way is that the first part of this section should be suspended immediately and deleted later  says MADABHUSHI SRIDHAR.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Scrap a bad  law]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As it stands section 66A of the IT Act has no inherent space for a different approach. One that would allow for counselling or review. Cyber stalking and free speech offences require different laws says GEETA SESHU]]></description>
<link>http://www.thehoot.org/web/home/story.php?sectionId=7&#38;mod=1&amp;pg=1&amp;valid=true&amp;storyid=6461</link>
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<title><![CDATA[What the Press Council could have been]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[National Press Day in November reminds us of the purposes the Press Council should serve but does not. MADABHUSHI SRIDHAR reviews its current functioning.]]></description>
<link>http://www.thehoot.org/web/home/story.php?sectionId=7&#38;mod=1&amp;pg=1&amp;valid=true&amp;storyid=6449</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Criminalizing tweeting is unconstitutional]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[No other enactment like Penal Code or Criminal Procedure Code gave so much discretionary power to the investigating officers in any country. Personal liberty can be deprived only according to procedure established by law says MADABHUSHI SRIDHAR.  Pix Ravi Srinivasan]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The advent of the gag writ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The creation of such a special remedy without a clear legislative mandate is fraught with dangers of abuse. APAR GUPTA points to some perils inherent in the media guidelines judgement. Pix CJ Kapadia who headed the Constitution bench]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Documentation The FDI hike]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Last weeks FDI decision  raises the cap on foreign investment in broadcasting hardware but not in news and FM radio. Text of the governments announcement.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How effective is the Press Council]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[As it clamours to add oversight of television and Internet to its portfolio we need to see what it did to regulate the print media last year. INDIRA AKOIJAM looks at the cases it took up.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Laws we no longer need]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The arrest of cartoonist Aseem Trivedi has served to focus attention  on the issue of holding a modernizing democracy hostage to colonial laws. A Hoot editorial]]></description>
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