Does anyone think that freedom of the press is needed in a real democracy?
2007-06-02 13:25:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
I actually live in England and our freedom to free press was removed by Maggie Thatcher in the 80's. Do you guy's in America have camera's everywhere? In England they say the average person is caught on film 300 times a day.
2007-06-02 14:06:54 · update #1
To scouse
yes I do agree with you about the David Kelly case. They we threatened with losing the TV liecence fee unless they did what they were being told, by TB and cronies. I thought it was kinda strange how Greg Dyke and the rest all apologised and then resigned when they clearly in the right. In term' s freedom of the press being endangered it has long since gone thatcher created a law in the early 80's.
and even if she had not it there would still be a very right wing Rupert Murdoch
owning and controlling an unfair proportion of our media.
2007-06-03 02:39:39 · update #2
It is the most important thing. Without freedom of the press there can be no democracy. Without freedom of the press all transgrestions against the government and the people can be buried. -Though some cesorship is needed with military matters. Dont want the enemy to know our attack plans from cnn before out troops do. The press must be accountable for what they print though. Unlike the press in the united states who can print what ever they want based on people feelings. All statements in the press should site sources or hard facts because even though freedom the of press is democracys greatest advocate. When it prints a lie everyone seems to take it as the truth without and research.
In todays modern world freedom of the internet is what will make more people free than the the press. Almost impossible to stop the internet. You have almost unlimited resorces and information at your fingertips. You no longer have to spend hours a day at a library reading lots of books to find out one piece of important information on a subject.
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2007-06-02 13:46:42 · answer #1 · answered by phardos 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Freedomm of the press is vital, it is the only way we can keep up with our so called representatives.Abuse of freedom maybe but they are not there to support a government but to ensure it is answerable
We have aproblem in UK that Blairs Government has a huge majority of inept MP's who know that if they vote against the government theywill be deselected one way or another by Central office. theregfore id they don't do the job the press is vital
The Blair gang through lies have ensured that the BBC has to be very careful/ Remember Prof. Kellytold the truth about WMD in Iraq and was said to have committed suicide. and the jounal ist who intervied him was sacked because of a minor eror A free press is more than vital in this Country it is actually endangered. For the record I do not particlarly lioke the press
2007-06-03 01:58:20 · answer #2 · answered by Scouse 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Define freedom.
Define Democracy.
They are ideals that those in power will and do manipulate to suit themselves, an once they have achiveded their aim, they set the standards.
Those in power use the Press, the Press is a powerful tool. It dictates what we are supposed to think and belive. We just folow suit, like sheep because it said so in the Press or the Television. Maybe we should start questining the Press/Media and take away their power. Give Demorcracy back to the people.
2007-06-02 13:49:39 · answer #3 · answered by essex_reject77 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is one of the most important things for real democracy. There is a reason why it is in th FIRST amendment after all. Freedom of the press is needed so that people can say what they want and expose people to all the viewpoints.
2007-06-02 13:29:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well first we aren't supposed to be a democracy, we were started as a republic. Yes we need freedom of press, but that still doesn't mean they will tell the truth.
2007-06-02 13:39:00 · answer #5 · answered by Plumbingfool 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we need to find all of Bush's lies! And we need to find out about the 600 concentration camps he is building. They aren't for immigrants!
And Plumbing is right, we are a Representative Republic, not a Democracy in any strict sense of the word. We seem to throw that around pretty loosely when it is exactly what the founding fathers did not want.
2007-06-02 13:39:27 · answer #6 · answered by cantcu 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Obviously! Acess to alternative sources of information is vital in any democracy.
2007-06-02 22:18:04 · answer #7 · answered by dvsrhdr 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What democracy? We are no longer a democratic society in GB,our every movement and thoughts are catalogued,they want us to be robots bending to their every request and if we do not we are criminals.
2007-06-02 21:23:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋