Fiji Media Bill: Not so much sinister as plain amateurish

"The thing about governments everywhere, and ours is no exception, is that they cannot imagine how anything an work without them. So they pass legislation to control things in belief that if there legislation, everything will get better. Sometimes things do get better; sometimes they get worse...

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Autor principal:	Richard Naidu
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Asia Pacific Network 2003
Materias:	government ownership government intervention media freedom Fiji Media Bill Fiji media council Communication. Mass media P87-96 Journalism. The periodical press, etc. PN4699-5650
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:42b97a510c294c138a7012b8def546462021-12-02T08:25:00ZFiji Media Bill: Not so much sinister as plain amateurish10.24135/pjr.v9i1.7631023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/42b97a510c294c138a7012b8def546462003-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/763https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 "The thing about governments everywhere, and ours is no exception, is that they cannot imagine how anything an work without them. So they pass legislation to control things in belief that if there legislation, everything will get better. Sometimes things do get better; sometimes they get worse; often the legislation is simply harmless (though pointless and expensive and rewarding for lawyers). However when the 'let's control everything' mentality is applied to something as important as the news media, the potential for abuse becomes serious." Richard NaiduAsia Pacific Networkarticlegovernment ownershipgovernment interventionmedia freedomFiji Media BillFiji media councilCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 9, Iss 1 (2003)
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description	"The thing about governments everywhere, and ours is no exception, is that they cannot imagine how anything an work without them. So they pass legislation to control things in belief that if there legislation, everything will get better. Sometimes things do get better; sometimes they get worse; often the legislation is simply harmless (though pointless and expensive and rewarding for lawyers). However when the 'let's control everything' mentality is applied to something as important as the news media, the potential for abuse becomes serious."
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Fiji Media Bill: Not so much sinister as plain amateurish

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