May I ask what your sources are? May I then suggest Wikipedia, for instance? 1. Papers were initially published without prior knowledge of the government (so there was no opportunity for "prior restraint"), and 2.: "The administration argued Ellsberg and Russo were guilty of a felony under the Espionage Act of 1917, because they had no authority to publish classified documents.[17] After failing to persuade the Times to voluntarily cease publication on June 14,[5] Attorney General John N. Mitchell and Nixon obtained a federal court injunction forcing the Times to cease publication after three articles.[5]". Shortly after, "The Washington Post began publishing its own series of articles based upon the Pentagon Papers;[5]... That day, Assistant U.S. Attorney General William Rehnquist asked the Post to cease publication. After the paper refused, Rehnquist sought an injunction in U.S. district court". So, you can keep on taking real facts for "side effects", and let freedom of the press legends go their own way... just wait and see...
So they say, "freedom of the press is fairly deeply engrained in the US", whereas so it seems "that's not so true elsewhere".... wWow, that's quiet a statement. Did anyone know that Committe for the Protection of Journalists just published its 1st ever report on the US? And guess what, the report says not much has changed since Nixon times... well let's count: that's maybe about 50 years of "desengrainment", at the least...? How much "dirtier" does it have to get in order for tech insiders to take notice?
Obama?s Efforts to Control Media Are ?Most Aggressive? Since Nixon, Report Says http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/10/obama-nixon-media-war/ ?Six government employees, plus two contractors including Edward Snowden, have been subjects of felony criminal prosecutions since 2009 under the 1917 Espionage Act, accused of leaking classified information to the press?compared with a total of three such prosecutions in all previous U.S. administrations,? said the committee?s report, prepared by Leonard Downie Jr., the former executive editor of The Washington Post.
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Re: Re: did you say "deeply engrained"...?
May I ask what your sources are? May I then suggest Wikipedia, for instance? 1. Papers were initially published without prior knowledge of the government (so there was no opportunity for "prior restraint"), and 2.: "The administration argued Ellsberg and Russo were guilty of a felony under the Espionage Act of 1917, because they had no authority to publish classified documents.[17] After failing to persuade the Times to voluntarily cease publication on June 14,[5] Attorney General John N. Mitchell and Nixon obtained a federal court injunction forcing the Times to cease publication after three articles.[5]". Shortly after, "The Washington Post began publishing its own series of articles based upon the Pentagon Papers;[5]... That day, Assistant U.S. Attorney General William Rehnquist asked the Post to cease publication. After the paper refused, Rehnquist sought an injunction in U.S. district court". So, you can keep on taking real facts for "side effects", and let freedom of the press legends go their own way... just wait and see...
did you say "deeply engrained"...?
So they say, "freedom of the press is fairly deeply engrained in the US", whereas so it seems "that's not so true elsewhere".... wWow, that's quiet a statement. Did anyone know that Committe for the Protection of Journalists just published its 1st ever report on the US? And guess what, the report says not much has changed since Nixon times... well let's count: that's maybe about 50 years of "desengrainment", at the least...? How much "dirtier" does it have to get in order for tech insiders to take notice?
Obama?s Efforts to Control Media Are ?Most Aggressive? Since Nixon, Report Says
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/10/obama-nixon-media-war/
?Six government employees, plus two contractors including Edward Snowden, have been subjects of felony criminal prosecutions since 2009 under the 1917 Espionage Act, accused of leaking classified information to the press?compared with a total of three such prosecutions in all previous U.S. administrations,? said the committee?s report, prepared by Leonard Downie Jr., the former executive editor of The Washington Post.