From: barney2 on
In article <4bnfc2lbjtmq9h8r4hr4iidsi44sfc02vt(a)4ax.com>,
mxsmanic(a)gmail.com (Mxsmanic) wrote:

> *From:* Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com>
> *Date:* Wed, 26 Jul 2006 23:24:02 +0200
>
> barney2(a)cix.compulink.co.uk writes:
>
> > Quite - but I'm waiting for him to expand on this. There's a middle
> > ground between total press freedom and total state control of the
> > media, and virtually all countries fall into this. But I don't think
> > Mixi likes grey areas!
>
> Gray areas often conceal slippery slopes.

Indeed - which makes their close examination worthwhile.
From: barney2 on
In article <pmigc2dh4282tq9kkdctvski6vmg583663(a)4ax.com>,
mxsmanic(a)gmail.com (Mxsmanic) wrote:

> *From:* Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com>
> *Date:* Thu, 27 Jul 2006 07:11:07 +0200
>
> Stanislas de Kertanguy writes:
>
> > And what about the other points ?
>
> Restricted access to the government is sufficient in itself to block a
> career.

A wild generalisation. There are numerous paths through journalism which
rarely if ever involve contact with government.
From: barney2 on
In article <4aehc21350vrkgsg50ru5eagfjvlvl10jr(a)4ax.com>, me(a)privacy.net
(Martin) wrote:

> *From:* Martin <me(a)privacy.net>
> *Date:* Thu, 27 Jul 2006 15:04:11 +0200
>
> On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:39:24 +0200, Stanislas de Kertanguy
> <stanislas.dekertanguy(a)lesptt.net> wrote:
>
> >Martin a expos le 27/07/2006 :
> >>>> Do you read Le Canard Enchan ?
> >>>
> >>> Rarely, since it's not online.
> >>
> >> No of course it isn't
> >>
> >> http://www.lecanardenchaine.fr/une4474.html
> >
> >You don't get more than the first page on their website, though.
>
> How many copies would they sell if it was all there?
>
> Which commercial newspaper puts all it's content on the web?

Many - in fact most - put far, far more than a page.

From: Mxsmanic on
Martin writes:

> In what way?

Many ways. Antivirus products install many of the same hooks and
hacks into the system that viruses do, often with similarly
destabilizing results.

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From: Mxsmanic on
Martin writes:

> No of course it isn't
>
> http://www.lecanardenchaine.fr/une4474.html

Yes, I know it isn't. They want you to buy it on a newsstand or
subscribe.

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