Indian Online Journalism » Ethics & Legal issues http://www.indianonlinejournalism.org About journalism with an online bias Wed, 21 Apr 2010 05:57:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Bush’s FCC chairman manipulated public records http://www.indianonlinejournalism.org/2008/12/bushs-fcc-chairman-manipulated-public-records/ http://www.indianonlinejournalism.org/2008/12/bushs-fcc-chairman-manipulated-public-records/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:13:16 +0000 Subhash http://www.indianonlinejournalism.org/?p=171 This is an interesting story. It doesn’t come as a surprise. After 8 years of Bush’s dirty tricks, what does one expect.Obama choices for FCC chairman haven’t been very reassuring though.

]]> This is an interesting story. It doesn’t come as a surprise. After 8 years of Bush’s dirty tricks, what does one expect.
Obama choices for FCC chairman haven’t been very reassuring though.

]]> http://www.indianonlinejournalism.org/2008/12/bushs-fcc-chairman-manipulated-public-records/feed/ 0 Just five minutes to send a blogger to jail http://www.indianonlinejournalism.org/2007/02/just-five-minutes-to-send-a-blogger-to-jail/ http://www.indianonlinejournalism.org/2007/02/just-five-minutes-to-send-a-blogger-to-jail/#comments Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:34:45 +0000 Subhash http://www.indianonlinejournalism.org/archives/145 No surprises here. Just that we need to take note. After all Mubarak is a “democrat” by some standards

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An Egyptian court has sentenced a blogger to four years’ prison for insulting Islam and the president.

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Egypt blogger jailed for ‘insult’

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An Egyptian court has sentenced a blogger to four years’ prison for insulting Islam and the president.

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Egypt blogger jailed for ‘insult’

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]]> http://www.indianonlinejournalism.org/2007/02/just-five-minutes-to-send-a-blogger-to-jail/feed/ 0 Is a free media essential for development? http://www.indianonlinejournalism.org/2006/10/is-a-free-media-essential-for-development/ http://www.indianonlinejournalism.org/2006/10/is-a-free-media-essential-for-development/#comments Wed, 11 Oct 2006 05:54:09 +0000 Subhash http://www.indianonlinejournalism.org/archives/132 A special edition of The World Debate, one of the BBC’s flagship programmes, will be filmed on Thursday October 26 at the World Congress on Communication for Development in Rome, Italy. Entitled “Is a free media essential for development?” it will be broadcast on BBC World on 28-29 October, as well as made available online.

Transmission [...]]]> A special edition of The World Debate, one of the BBC’s flagship programmes, will be filmed on Thursday October 26 at the World Congress on Communication for Development in Rome, Italy. Entitled “Is a free media essential for development?” it will be broadcast on BBC World on 28-29 October, as well as made available online.

Transmission Times

“The World Debate: Is a Free Media Essential For Development?” will be broadcast at the following time on BBC World (all times GMT):

Saturday 28 October: 12.10 p.m. / 7.10 p.m.

Sunday 29 October: 1.10 a.m. / 8.10 a.m. / 5.10 p.m.

For more details visit: http://www.devcomm.org/worldbank/public.asp?idmacro=9&idmicro=21

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The subversive potential of new media is real. Yet blogsphere has served merely to extend the reach of established media. The manufacturing of consent becomes that much more easier if news spreads through the blogosphere. Ultimately, the framework remains the same. But in cases such as the one that the link below leads to is the realisation of things that are possible. And, indeed, necessary if new media can lay claim to upstaging big media.
Citizen Media Beats Big Media, YouTube Blows The Whistle

]]> http://www.indianonlinejournalism.org/2006/09/real-online-journalism/feed/ 0 From the absurd to the ridiculous http://www.indianonlinejournalism.org/2006/09/broadcast-indeceny/ http://www.indianonlinejournalism.org/2006/09/broadcast-indeceny/#comments Fri, 01 Sep 2006 06:13:27 +0000 Subhash http://www.indianonlinejournalism.org/archives/110 The Hindu reports that: “Nearly 10 days after the Bombay High Court passed an order banning adult content on movie channels, cable operators here continue to block out nine movie channels. The stand off is a result of the confusion that has arisen following the Court’s ruling in a public interest litigation.”

“Adult content” in India [...]]]> The Hindu reports that: “Nearly 10 days after the Bombay High Court passed an order banning adult content on movie channels, cable operators here continue to block out nine movie channels. The stand off is a result of the confusion that has arisen following the Court’s ruling in a public interest litigation.”

“Adult content” in India can just be the film songs that are broadcast all day by all channels, to start with. But this puritanical indigestion has to be stopped. It is all the more surprising that the secular parties are indulging in such gimmickry.

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