Quote Originally Posted by ichi
No one has addressed the point that the current admin is diligently working on silencing any oppsing viewpoints. This is certainly not good for a free independent review.
Haven't seen any violations of free speech by the current administration. (well that is not completely true- it seem the court did attempt to compeal a journalist to give up his source - but was that the adminstration or the courts?). Of course in administration sponsered press confrences you get the information that the government wish to give you. However again show me where the adminstration is deny freedom of speech by arresting or taking sanctions against opposing viewpoints. Because that is exactly what the term silencing opposing viewpoints by the government means to me. Private news sources have the ability to report the news that they want to. While I don't watch PBS much anymore - no one can say that Bill Moyers reported the news without adding his own view point. His little piece above is evidence that he voices his politics views. However Bill Moyer was not paid for by an indepent source - he was paid by a system dependent upon tax payer money. I find his arguement slightly hypocritical.


Current corporate interests are so powerful and have shown they are more concerned with image and damage control than the public good, that it may be important to have a non-commercial voice in the media.
And Bill Moyer ruined that image for PBS. But that only my opinion. I prefer to read the news from multiple sources - not from the television.

But Pindar's point is well taken, this may not be an appropriate use of guv power, and as this last episode has shown, the idea of a neutral voice, while certainly desirable, is vulnerable to propagandization.
Yep Moyer proved the case against him.

The question really is, is corporate propaganda the only option?

ichi
Actually no - the only true option for the individual who want to keep himself informed is to use mulitple sources - which is what I believe is one of the main philisophies that is alluded to in my sig quote from Thomas Jefferson.