Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.
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Pssst... secret?
Some secrets are best kept hidden. But, if they ever tumble out of the closet, it's important to deal with them. In the wake of Om Puri's wife's startling revelations, Kalpana Sharma explores forbidden realms
Kalpana Sharma,
Times of India, 7 October 2010
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This is not journalism as we know it
Here and now, in that part of the twenty-first century world which today lives less by origination and production and more by the provision of mediating services, we are getting yet another kind of journalism.
Andrew Calcutt,
Independent Blogs, 3 October 2010
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Proof: reading journalism and society
If journalism had been stronger, perhaps it could have absorbed the shock of social media and the horror of recession. But it lacked the necessary self-confidence. Now journalism's in jeopardy, and journalists must do more to show their mettle; hence
Proof, the site for showing what journalism is made of.
Andrew Calcutt (editor),
proof-reading.org, 2010
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Hungarian media law like in 'totalitarian regime': OSCE
Hungary's much-criticised new media law was reminiscent of a totalitarian regime, the OSCE's media freedom representative said Tuesday on the margins of a conference on free speech in Budapest.
France24, 21 September 2010
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Is privacy dead?
Even ordinary folk these days tend to deal with a break-up by venting on Twitter or starting a blog recounting their heartbreak in every excruciating detail. It matters little to them that they are not just invading their own privacy but also that of their partners.
Seema Goswami,
Hindustan Times, 11 September 2010
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The right to privacy
Right now, the Blackberry has come to represent my right to privacy and I am not going to give it up so easily. Nor should you.
Pritish Nandy,
Times of India, 8 August 2010
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