> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 18:46:23 -0800 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: t-and-f: A dark day > > But to just yank stories > outright simply because editors believe a viewpoint > different than there own HAS to be erroneous- well, > that's a bunch of garbage. Why would anybody want to > subscribe to a paper like that?>>
Randy, et al The concept of a "free press" as we enjoy it today is a much more recent concept than you might imagine. The following ran in the SF Chronicle the other day, relative to the behaviour of papers in California politics in a not-too-distant past. It's long, but rather instructive: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/12/01 /IN234985.DTL And if you ever read a good bio of Winston Churchill, you'll be blown away to discover how British papers of the day (particularly the august Times of London) attempted to--and often succeeded in--shaping foreign policy. gh
