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Originally posted by Flame Of Liberty@Mar 22 2005, 10:10 AM
When corporations control their media, they are merely exercising their property rights.
When the government is telling the media what to print and what not to print (that includes all kinds of regulations), they are aggressing against them and their property rights. Ultimately there is no freedom of speech without freedom to own and use private property.
This is not about being fundamentally honest or fundamentally liars. This is about the right to use your property as you seem fit (as long as you are not aggressing against someone else’s property).
Lastly, virtually every government in history which had control (direct or indirect) over the media abused it in order to increase their power. It’s what they do. For us, it’s just another reason to watch out, regardless whether the media say their aim is to offer “balanced news reporting” or not.
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Fair enough, I don't recall debating the point of whether or not the media has a right to their 'property', by which I assume you mean right to publish/report whatever they want. What I don't get is why Corporations are allowed full media access to the population and the government isn't. How are Corporations a better source of information? How are they less biased than the government? Isn't the fact that they're completely ratings driven a factor in their (constant) inability to tell (what anyone might consider) the unbiased truth?
I still don't see how government 'controlled' media like CBC is somehow violating the rights of other news outlets 'property' rights, or why Corporations are accorded so much more freedom in spreading information than governments.
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Lastly, virtually every government in history which had control (direct or indirect) over the media abused it in order to increase their power. It’s what they do. For us, it’s just another reason to watch out, regardless whether the media say their aim is to offer “balanced news reporting” or not.
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As opposed to what? Every corporation in history has used the media to what? Decrease their own power? Of course not. So how is it innocent and benign coming from a corporation which answers only to its shareholders, than the government, which is ultimately (every 4-5 years) responsible to the citizens of the nation?