@BalpeenHammer@Dave , not intimidate but without checks and balances it sounds like a recipe for disaster.
We generally do want a press we can trust and not one that spreads falsehoods/lies.
The difference is that murder is and should be illegal. Biased reporting is not and should not be illegal.
Think about it this way.
Trump is Putin’s butt boy so eventually both Luxon and Seymour are going to make a U turn on Russia. When that happens do you want reporters that write sympathetic headlines towards Ukraine investigated by the secret police?
As for genocide well in the last few weeks Israel has bombed a christian hospital killing doctors, nurses, patients etc, bombed tents at a refugee camp killing dozens of children shut off all food and medical supplies into gaza, bombed Lebanon and Syria, killed and kidnapped palestinians in the west bank, targeted journalists, bombed a UN facility and generally continued their genodical campaign.
How many headlines have you read in the press? How many times has any of this been mentioned on TV or radio?
The press here is pro genocide and that’s because the owners of the press are oligarchs who are also pro genocide.
Alas the secret police isn’t investigating any reporters or editors over this issue.
@BalpeenHammer , as for genocide headlines… so many it’s heart breaking - I generally get news from sources that are balanced and factual - in part because disinformation, lies and falsehoods can be precursors to a lot of inhumane behaviour, including murder and imho have no place in good reporting.
@BalpeenHammer @Dave , not intimidate but without checks and balances it sounds like a recipe for disaster.
We generally do want a press we can trust and not one that spreads falsehoods/lies.
We want a press that’s free. Every press outlet has published falsehoods and lies. That’s their right.
@BalpeenHammer , and we want people to be free, that doesn’t mean we want them to murder each other, or commit genocide for that matter !
The difference is that murder is and should be illegal. Biased reporting is not and should not be illegal.
Think about it this way.
Trump is Putin’s butt boy so eventually both Luxon and Seymour are going to make a U turn on Russia. When that happens do you want reporters that write sympathetic headlines towards Ukraine investigated by the secret police?
As for genocide well in the last few weeks Israel has bombed a christian hospital killing doctors, nurses, patients etc, bombed tents at a refugee camp killing dozens of children shut off all food and medical supplies into gaza, bombed Lebanon and Syria, killed and kidnapped palestinians in the west bank, targeted journalists, bombed a UN facility and generally continued their genodical campaign.
How many headlines have you read in the press? How many times has any of this been mentioned on TV or radio?
The press here is pro genocide and that’s because the owners of the press are oligarchs who are also pro genocide.
Alas the secret police isn’t investigating any reporters or editors over this issue.
@BalpeenHammer , as for genocide headlines… so many it’s heart breaking - I generally get news from sources that are balanced and factual - in part because disinformation, lies and falsehoods can be precursors to a lot of inhumane behaviour, including murder and imho have no place in good reporting.
@BalpeenHammer , yeah well, no wonder then that people don’t want to pay for it !