From: Mxsmanic on 26 Jul 2006 17:27 David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate writes: > Yes, it shocks me too. Obviously, they need to adopt the US style of > lame-arsed journalism. US journalists make the French ones seem like > highly intelligent, probing, pit-bull terriers. I listen to NPR quite a > bit, which you probably consider way too left. I had to turn it off- I'd > not realised just how whacko right-wing US 'journalism' often is. It's better to hear a wide variety of opinions than to have all but approved opinions censored. Variety is a consequence of freedom of speech. Do you oppose freedom of speech? -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate on 26 Jul 2006 17:28 Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: > barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk writes: > > > How do you define 'free' in this context? > > Allowed to publish anything. Which countries allow their media to publish anything? -- David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org
From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate on 26 Jul 2006 17:29 Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: > David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and > deansgate writes: > > > Yes, it shocks me too. Obviously, they need to adopt the US style of > > lame-arsed journalism. US journalists make the French ones seem like > > highly intelligent, probing, pit-bull terriers. I listen to NPR quite a > > bit, which you probably consider way too left. I had to turn it off- I'd > > not realised just how whacko right-wing US 'journalism' often is. > > It's better to hear a wide variety of opinions than to have all but > approved opinions censored. Bwaa? > Variety is a consequence of freedom of > speech. Duh. > Do you oppose freedom of speech? Have you stopped beating off on to your hard drive? -- David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org
From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate on 26 Jul 2006 17:31 Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Go Fig writes: > > > Do you think it appropriate that the government issues required 'press > > credentials' ? > > In France, this is used for censorship. The United States has no > government press credentials because it violates the Constitutional > guarantee of freedom of speech. Ha-ha. Mixi thinks the US has freedom of speech! -- David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org
From: David Horne, _the_ chancellor of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate on 26 Jul 2006 17:33
Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dave Frightens Me writes: > > > Is this commission influenced politically at all? > > To get a press card, you need to earn at least half your income from > journalism, I'm sure we could club together a modest amount to meet that requirement for you. -- David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://homepage.mac.com/davidhornecomposer http://soundjunction.org |