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I am friends with a couple of documentary filmmakers based in India, and they tell me of some intense censorship of media there, along with other ecological and

I am friends with a couple of documentary filmmakers based in India, and they tell me of some intense censorship of media there, along with other ecological and human rights issues. The authoritarian turn throughout the world has to be met with its rival. Bog-standard Liberalism will not solve this I fear.

kmfrk 2y ago
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- satish-setty 2y ago
  Is there something special about "international" documetarists? BBC fought tax evasion in the courts and lost the case.
  - petesergeant 2y ago
    > BBC fought tax evasion in the courts and lost the case Sorry, what’s the relevance of this?
    - satish-setty 2y ago
      I'm replying to the person who shared link on BBC website about tax raids on BBC office by Indian authorities
satish-setty 2y ago
Sampling bias? I know plenty of leftist publications like The Wire, Scroll, News Laundry and even NDTV who are free to express their opinions without censorhip. It's just that the majority of Indians don't ,trust any documentarists anymore (leftist or rightist) because they all push their own agenda.
- model-15-DAV 2y ago
  Given the article's contents, I wanted to add a data-point. Also anyone who makes news/etc. that does not push an agenda is simply pushing the hegemonic agenda - Modi's, in this case.
- thealig 2y ago
  That claim that news outlets in general are free to express their opinions without censorship is unfortunately, not really true in practise - most outlets may express opinions but might face sanctions, bans or other forms of censorship, depending on the topic of the opinions. NDTV has faced multiple such actions in the past (one example: https://www.dw.com/en/ridiculous-and-arbitrary-indian-journalists-slam-ndtv-ban/a-36293627 https://www.dw.com/en/ridiculous-and-arbitrary-indian-journa...) Another topic with heavy censorship is the ground situation in Kashmir. Social media and internet bans have been common since a long time (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Kashmir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Kashmir).
amriksohata 2y ago
i cant imagine thats the case if the BBC are running in india

kmfrk 2y ago

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satish-setty 2y ago
Is there something special about "international" documetarists? BBC fought tax evasion in the courts and lost the case.
- petesergeant 2y ago
  > BBC fought tax evasion in the courts and lost the case Sorry, what’s the relevance of this?
  - satish-setty 2y ago
    I'm replying to the person who shared link on BBC website about tax raids on BBC office by Indian authorities

satish-setty 2y ago

Sampling bias? I know plenty of leftist publications like The Wire, Scroll, News Laundry and even NDTV who are free to express their opinions without censorhip. It's just that the majority of Indians don't ,trust any documentarists anymore (leftist or rightist) because they all push their own agenda.

model-15-DAV 2y ago
Given the article's contents, I wanted to add a data-point. Also anyone who makes news/etc. that does not push an agenda is simply pushing the hegemonic agenda - Modi's, in this case.
thealig 2y ago
That claim that news outlets in general are free to express their opinions without censorship is unfortunately, not really true in practise - most outlets may express opinions but might face sanctions, bans or other forms of censorship, depending on the topic of the opinions. NDTV has faced multiple such actions in the past (one example: https://www.dw.com/en/ridiculous-and-arbitrary-indian-journalists-slam-ndtv-ban/a-36293627 https://www.dw.com/en/ridiculous-and-arbitrary-indian-journa...) Another topic with heavy censorship is the ground situation in Kashmir. Social media and internet bans have been common since a long time (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Kashmir https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_Kashmir).

amriksohata 2y ago

i cant imagine thats the case if the BBC are running in india