Re: Re: Re: government media is bad for you

[Ian Murray]

> I would bet that the INDEPENDENT or the GUARDIAN would shy away from
> criticizing the UK government (especially given the Official Secrets
Act
> and the libel laws there) while being able to lambaste the US
government
> with abandon. People there might be consulting the US media in order
to get
> a little more objectivity on the UK.
>
> Is this an accurate perception? inquiring minds want to know...
>
> Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] &  http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
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After having perused those papers every evening for a few years now,
my guess is they get around the OSA simply by poking fun at the Tories
and Labour as the authors of state policies; where do the parties
leave off and the State begin? It makes it difficult for the Brit.
State to box them in. At the same time, for the most part, they
critique the State with a little more nuance than US journalists.

Ian