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Saffron censorship strikes again?
Award-winning
documentary film-maker Anand Patwardhan is no stranger to censorship
but this was a unique experience for him. Invited by Zee News for a live
debate on the Cobrapost story at 10p.m. on Friday, he waited patiently
at the studio only to be told the programme was cancelled in favour of a
live cricket match telecast! Incensed, he sought, and obtained, a written apology at what he termed 'corporate media censorship'.
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Print wins
The Election Commission says the BJP manifesto release on April 7 cannot be telecast till 6 pm of April 12, prior to the second round of polling. But the print medium can cover it. Section 126(i)(b)
of The Representation of The People Act, 1951 bars telecasting election
matters of parties during 48 hours till end of polling on 10th. But
surely use of either print or TV, both amount to publicizing election
matters? Then why this restriction only on TV? Is it restricting use of
websites or social media? Its ban may need a re-look.
TV Boss at Modi rally
The head of
the Zee empire Subhash Chandra joined Narendra Modi on the dais at
his rally at Kurukshetra today. The city is in the constituency of
Chandra's old foe, Congressman and coal tycoon Naveen Jindal. Jindal's
company had filed a criminal case against Zee News last year
alleging blackmail and extortion. Chandra reportedly told the crowd
that he was a son of Haryana who had brought fame to the state but was
dragged by Congressmen into a false case. He said he had found a ray of
hope in Modi.
While
everyone piled onto Arvind Kejriwal for his alleged comment on wanting
to 'jail' journos no one seems to object to the daily belligerence of
the BJP spokespeople. When Karan Thapar was grilling Ravi Shankar
Prasad on Varun Gandhi's comments, Prasad shot back saying the BJP was
not bothered about " the increasing intention of Karan Thapar to create
trouble". Earlier in the week Madhu Kishwar was yelling at Rahul
Shivshankar on News X saying journalists like him who questioned Modi on
Godhra, were worse offenders than the criminals themselves.
The Hoot
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