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The Case For A Free Press http://www.indi.ca/2008/07/the-case-for-a-free-press/ (www.indi.ca)

published: 2008-07-03 03:30:27 ( 4 months ago )fetched: 2008-07-03 05:15:19 ( 4 months ago )

If you read the newspapers in North Korea or Zimbabwe, everything is going fine, and everything pretty much stays the same. If you read the papers in America or Europe everything is falling apart, and things get better. Right information is the first step to right action, and that is why a free press is so important. Freedom of expression is not some vague academic concept, no Constitutional garnish. Free speech gives a nation the eyes and ears to see itself, see the world and see its enemies. Clearly. Sometimes you may not like what you see, but [ ... ] Source: Kottu.Org

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