Harini Calamur's Writings
Media, Media Bias, Propaganda, Media Studies, Media Ownership
Late last year an anonymous reddit user, @deepfakes, did something that got him banned from the platform that prides itself on free speech. He (or she) released a set of porn videos with the faces of celebrities superimposed on the face of…
This appeared on the CNBC Tv18 website One of the more familiar tropes in Hollywood is that of the intelligent machine, that sees human kind as a threat to its survival and annihilates people. In the film 2001 Space Odyssey, the AI…
Chris Paine’s documentary film “Do you Trust this Computer” is a look in to the world of unregulated cross border digital giants, the quest for Artificial Intelligence, and what could happen if Artificial Intelligence decides that humanity is going to stand in…
I write for CNBC TV18, on why some floods are more important than other floods. It seems to be the season of floods. Last week the National Emergency Response Centre (NERC), released figures on the natural disasters in the monsoons so far. …
I write for CNBC TV18 about the need to look at subscriptions and why we need to look at paying for news to beat fake news. There is a story about the early days of news broadcasting on BBC radio. It was…
Data Protection has been in the news ever since the dawn of the digital era. But, in the last few years the clamour for stronger data protections laws have become louder. Europe has taken the first step to limit the power that…
Cobra Post Media for Sale sting brought up some interesting, and entertaining videos. I am sure anyone who began watching it, saw it through with fascination. And, while many may outrage about the lack of ethics in the media, and others may…
For most of us who have worked in the media, and then chosen to leave MSM, the sting by CobraPost was not a major surprise. What was surprising was the extent of the rot. What was considered to be professional/legal lapses by…
Wild Wild Country is the 6 part documentary series on Netflix, that looks at the Rajneesh cult, charting it from its establishment in the USA with the buying of a massive ranch in the state of Oregaon, its dreams of being heaven…
Collateral on Netflix, is a taut tight thriller, that is at the intersection of three organisations linked to the murder of a pizza delivery boy in London. it is based around the frissions between important people in , what Marx would term,…