Comments by "Laurence Fraser" (@laurencefraser) on "When Journalism Goes Too Far" video.

  1. The idea of 'freedom of the press' litterally came about in opposition to the habit of certain european rulers of allowing only works they aproved of to be printed, or only their own people to opperate printing presses, and actively confiscating presses from people they disagreed with or disaproved of. The idea that 'journalists' (who worked for newspapers who had their own printing presses) were 'the press' is a much newer one. By analogy, it absolutely SHOULD apply to web hosting, websites and such. Television and radio broadcast is a little more debatable due to technical matters introducing pracitical issues on that front.
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