Freedom of Expression


	Freedom of Expression

pitim

8-4-2008 8:23 PM

102 views

pitim says:

Finally, suppose that these glorious words were enforced by the Federal Print Commission. Would anyone pretend that America then would have a truly free press?

Add a Comment

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

View the Top Clips from August 4, 2008

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ffe76135-ca6c-4487-a1b2-d3126c02ac4e/C040A8D0-BF95-4F13-BBD3-BE6E85A2DFE2/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://cafehayek.typepad.com/hayek/2008/08/freedom-of-expr.html" href="http://cafehayek.typepad.com/hayek/2008/08/freedom-of-expr.html" style="font-size: 11px;">cafehayek.typepad.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cafehayek.typepad.com/hayek/2008/08/freedom-of-expr.html"><P><A href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/04/opinion/lweb04fcc.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&ref=opinion&adxnnlx=1217844371-duJn9YqFILEo9wuH0GjJvw">This letter of mine</A> is published in today's <EM>New York Times</EM>:</P><BLOCKQUOTE><P>Re “Freedom to Offend” (letter, Aug. 1):</P></BLOCKQUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><P>Disagreeing with your
claim that the Federal Communications Commission ruling in the Janet
Jackson Super Bowl case was an arbitrary assault on freedom of
expression, a letter writer mysteriously finds comfort in the fact that
government policy is that “our public airwaves are to be used in the
interest, convenience and necessity of the public.” How does this
regrettable fact justify government oversight of private expression?</P></BLOCKQUOTE><BLOCKQUOTE><P>And
make no mistake: this fact is regrettable. To see why, imagine if all
newsprint and ink were owned by the government and leased to newspapers
and magazines. Imagine further that official policy regarding the print
media was governed not by the First Amendment but by the proclamation
that “our newsprint and ink are to be used in the interest, convenience
and necessity of the public.”</P></BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C040A8D0-BF95-4F13-BBD3-BE6E85A2DFE2/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard

Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment

Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch

Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map

About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Blog; Copyright; Privacy; EULA

Search Options

Related Clips

More clips from pitim

Today's Top Clips