Six Ways to Run a Free Press
What kind of democracy just lets people say almost anything they want?
Autumn, 2023
This is not a statement of principles for our publication.
Obnoxious Linksticles is more a series of related conclusions drawn from broad observations of the news.
It is embedded with links to other, more relevant articles.Journalists who expose any state secrets pose a self-evident threat to national security. Prosecuting them is too obvious, but they should not working in our country.
Journalists should be obligated reveal their sources. If they want the Government to be transparent, they should be too. If they compel the government to be transparent, they should be compelled likewise.
A self-governing populace should universally understand that betrayal of their government is betrayal of their people.
People should be responsible for the effects of their speech.
The media should help curate and interpret information for the public.
Money is speech. A free country should not constrain a private corporation from speaking its truth.
And all the shareholders gonna flex, and try to annex the truth
While the new trust is gonna flex, and cast their image in you
And GE is gonna flex and try and annex the truth
And NBC is gonna flex and cast their image in you
And Disney bought the fantasies and piles of eyes
And ABC's new thrill rides of trials and lies
And while the gut eaters strain to pull the mud from their mouths
They force our ears to go deaf to the screams in the south.
— Rage Against The Machine
Evil Empire, Wind Below (1996 Epic Records)