Danes to Israel: Don't shut down Al-Jazeera's bureau

[Igel]

4. It's a tough call.

Let's say that RT was the only broadcaster in the Donbas covering events there.

Would we call supporting it supporting "freedom of the press"?

Not everything RT says is false. Most is just badly skewed by omitting part of the story or is already a negative story ("Hurricane Katrina knocks out power and US isn't prepared!&quot .

I've heard calls here for banning RT. Like I said, tough call: An informed citizenry should be able to see past it, but for years RT had a decent viewership at DU because it was believed. Chemtrails and other CTs had a good run. Getting people to actually read the words said instead of imputing the meaning already assumed is a difficult enough challenge.

We have people who assume that people can't be trusted to make dietary decisions. So of course we have people assume people can't be trusted to make other kinds of decisions. Tough call where to draw the line.

I go for not restricting the press. But also against the government deciding what is true and isn't. It means manipulation by other countries or even by a group native to the US could easily sow a bit of chaos. People do that; I put the onus not on those doing what we expect and skewing the news, but on those who avidly swallow it and revel in it and make it profitable in any sense.

Does Bat Boy still live?