Reporters Without Borders has a list, with photographs, of Predators of Press Freedom here. It's more like a Rogues Gallery.
As Reporters Without Borders says:
"There are instigators and powerful people behind press freedom violations whose responsibility is not always apparent. Whether presidents, ministers, chiefs of staff, religious leaders or the heads of armed groups, these predators of press freedom have the power to censor, imprison, kidnap, torture and, in the worst cases, murder journalists. To better expose them, Reporters Without Borders has produced these portraits".
We can't safeguard enough the ever-smaller freedoms of the media we have in Australia. With sedition laws in place - thanks to Australia's shameful Federal A-G Ruddock - there is a sense of underlying intimidation of those in the arts. The new media laws will doubtlessly see 2 families, Murdoch and Packer - both with few, if any, redeeming features to their names - take even further control of the media. En garde!
As Reporters Without Borders says:
"There are instigators and powerful people behind press freedom violations whose responsibility is not always apparent. Whether presidents, ministers, chiefs of staff, religious leaders or the heads of armed groups, these predators of press freedom have the power to censor, imprison, kidnap, torture and, in the worst cases, murder journalists. To better expose them, Reporters Without Borders has produced these portraits".
We can't safeguard enough the ever-smaller freedoms of the media we have in Australia. With sedition laws in place - thanks to Australia's shameful Federal A-G Ruddock - there is a sense of underlying intimidation of those in the arts. The new media laws will doubtlessly see 2 families, Murdoch and Packer - both with few, if any, redeeming features to their names - take even further control of the media. En garde!
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