Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, Daniel, there's "freedom of the press" and then there's "freedom of the press." I know that I would much prefer to read coverage of science and medicine in the U.S. media where all major media companies forbid their reporters from taking 'freebees' from anyone; while in Europe, drug companies pay for travel costs for reporters to attend medical meetings. Further, I'd be interested in knowing how 'press freedom' is defined. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Daniel Ridings Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 4:46 AM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Freedom of the press? WAS (something else) Did you read the link? I wasn't making the claim, "Reporters without borders" were. The article documents how they arrived at their conclusion and rankings. I already named 13 European nations, over and above that, there were three non-European nations (Canada, Australia and Costa Rica). So I've named more than one. Kind'a hurts, doesn't it? Once again: http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=4116 On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Eric Welch wrote: > That is a ludicrous claim. Name one nation that has more press freedom > than the U.S. Finland, Iceland, Norway, Netherlands, Canada, Ireland, Germany, Portugal, Sweden, Denark, France, Australia, Belgium, Slovenia, Costa Rica, Switzerland ... and then comes the US. Truth hurts. Daniel - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html