Hi Folks,
On Thu, 09 Jan 2003 20:29:26 +00, Bastiaan Edelman, PA3FFZ wrote:
> the key to democracy is transparancy. So in a democratic society there
> ought to be no secrets (and no lies)... and hence no 'secret service'.
> Does anyone of you live in a democratic country? I think not... because
> to my knowledge there is no country with a government without a 'hidden
> agenda' or without a 'secret service'.
> Whitout press, radio and TV there would not be any transparancy at all.
> But in most countries the 'media' are doing a bad job.
In Oz we have a similar selection of rubbish, but we also have one
almost-unbiased radio network (Australian Broadcasting Commission - ABC),
and two almost unbiased TV news services (ABC and SBS), both government
funded to a large extent, and both bitterly criticised by governments of
all flavours for being biased against them.
I figure if all political viewpoints complain, then they must be
running close to truth much of the time.
Regards,
Ron
Ron Clarke
http://homepages.valylink.net.au/~ausreg/index.html
http://tadpole.aus.as
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