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the government has and does place limits on the press. Without the specific no-no's detailed, I think these days we'd be in a heap of trouble.
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More of a rhetorical question than anything else, but why?
Why should there be restrictions on truth or anything else in
The Weelky Standard or
Newsweek or
The New York Times. I can freely choose not to read them. If you expose them as prevaricators, they will have all the credibility of a
National Enquirer or
Rosie, and no one will take them seriously. There are little to no restrictions on content on the Internet, but most people seem to be able discern between an activist diatribe and actual news reporting. Are you suggesting that the people who can make that distinction on-line will no longer be able to do so with written word?
[ 04-17-2003, 04:00 PM: Message edited by: Thorfinn ]