Sorry, but I cannot understand Nasci's logic. Please, Nasci could you give me some reference to back up the view that "the Press is considered 'the Fourth Estate' in ... the modern system of Democratic Governance". FN
On 21/07/06, Nasci Caldeira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nasci adds: dear Elisabeth, > The Press is considered 'the Fourth Estate' in both > the old French and the modern system of Democratic > Governance. The only slip up, you made was that you > called the other main branches of Govt. as Estates. > As Fred pointed out, the 'Ligislature', the > 'Executive' and the 'Judiciary' each with its own > responsibilities; the Press as the Fourth Estate forms > a very important and necessary component as reflecting > the 'Voice of the People', thus further adding to > democratic governance! For this reason the Press has > to be unaligned with the three branches of Govt.and > completely unfettered! > Just my two Paise worth! > regards, > Nasci Caldeira. -- ---------------------------------------------------------- PHOTOSFORALL: http://www.flickr.com/groups/pfdindia/ Inviting anyone with a camera to share photos focussing on development issues and images.... and those otherwise excluded. * FN * http://fn.goa-india.org ---------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
