Re: re the French and Furriners

Posted by Marcus G. Daniels on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/re-the-French-and-Furriners-tp7585975p7585983.html

On Sun, 2015-01-18 at 08:30 +0100, Michel Bloch wrote:
> When it comes to sacred and key national matters, your Medias can
> practice self-censorships which would be unacceptable in France.

Is it an important distinction whether it is the force of government or
the force of sponsors, if sponsors are sufficiently powerful?  (I'm
thinking of Bill Maher's exit from ABC after 9/11.) Laws can at least be
changed, in principle.

Should gross misrepresentations of reality be acceptable if there is
reason to think the misrepresentation can do public harm?  The U.S. has
a Food and Drug Administration to prevent dangerous or untested products
from misrepresented as safe.  How different is that from, say, having
laws that prohibit denialism of climate change?  

Marcus


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