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Suing journalists to intimidate them and so pervert freedom of information happens here and now in our perfect-by-definition democracies.

Witness Denis Robert and the Clearstream affair :
http://www.ladominationdumonde.blogspot.com/

The Clearstream lawyers are suing the guy's ass whenever he opens his mouth, so he just quits.

by balbuz on Fri Jun 13th, 2008 at 04:03:59 PM EST
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Didn't you get the memo?  It is called Democracy when we do it, and Authoritarianism when everyone else does it.  

And let us not, please, no matter what, talk about the role Capitalism plays in Freedom of the Press.  Please, no one acknowledge the gigantic effing elephant in the room!  Repeat after me: "There is no connection between unchecked capitalism and censorship."  

"Pretending that you already know the answer when you don't is not actually very helpful." ~Migeru.

by poemless on Fri Jun 13th, 2008 at 04:28:47 PM EST
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