[Reader-list] Re: Who's afraid of a blog? At least two Indian TV channels are

[Nitesh Bhatnagar]

I learn that good sense has prevailed at CNN-IBN and they have removed
the blockade of blogspot blogs. It must be a scary world,
nevertheless, where journalists become afraid of free speech.

On 3/3/06, Nitesh Bhatnagar <nitbhag at gmail.com> wrote:
> Who wants to block Google's blogger service? China? Nope, not ALL
> blogs are blocked in China. Only those the Chinese govt doesn't like.
>
> But Pakistan has recently blocked ALL blogs on blogspot:
> http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/03/02/pakistan-blogspot-blogs-blocked-in-pakistan/
>
> There's this Indian blogger who calls himself 'The All Seeing Spy'.
> He's been writing a delicious blog called 'War For News' about the
> emergence of competition in the English TV newsscape in India: NDTV
> vs. CNN-IBN vs. Times Now. (Nobody considers Headlines Today a news
> channel.)
>
> http://warfornews.blogspot.com/
>
> He was firewalled in the Times NOW office yesterday:
> http://warfornews.blogspot.com/2006/03/times-now-firewalls-war-for-news.html
>
> And today, someone posted Rajdeep Sardesai's goodbye letter to NDTV,
> causing CNN-IBN / CNBC TV 18's Noida office to block ALL blogspot
> blogs!
>
> RSF Handbook for Bloggers and Dissidents:
> http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=542
>
> Oh, and Rajdeep's goodbye letter to NDTV:
> http://warfornews.blogspot.com/2006/03/sorry-againunforeseen-delays.html#c114136050649010253
>
> Enjoy while it lasts. Hope the Spy doesn't get caught and lose his
> job. There's no money in blogging.
>