> > The press is NOT the publicity agent of the Whitehouse. Why would you > think it is? > > The reason for freedom of the press is to question the federal gov't. > If the President feels he's not getting a fair shake in the "media" > then he's got oodles of resources to combat that. The press exists to > ensure our freedom; to ensure that wrongdoing by the federal gov't is > exposed.
Bah, i've heard that argument on here before and I just don't buy it. The press has freedom so that it can report newsworthy stories, whether they be good for the president, or bad. The press exists with its freedoms so that they can fairly and adequately report the news......they do not exist SOLELY to look for the bad in an administration and try to report as much of it as they can. Just report the damn news! > I want my media to challenge, question, and criticize the federal > gov't as much as is possible. That anyone would critcize the press as > not being friendly enough to the federal gov't is just plain scary. I > think the press is far too gentle to President which is why I choose > sources that are not. I don't. I want my media to report what the federal government is saying and doing, then let ME criticize it. I don't want Dan Rather telling me why something the government did sucks.....i just want him to tell me what they did. I'll decide if it sucks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Studio MX with Flash Pro from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=51 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:164801 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
