Comments on: Media Empowerment or Media Scare? http://jamesed.com/2009/01/media-empowerment-or-media-scare/ Make Education Worth the Time Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:28:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mita http://jamesed.com/2009/01/media-empowerment-or-media-scare/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Mita Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:39:06 +0000 http://jamesed.com/?p=269#comment-19 It is an interesting concept and perhaps as a radio host, you may not be as great a threat as print or web media. I think the government may be worried about the wrong message getting out outside the region or at worst a biased one. I sort of see their point but (without having gone into the nitty gritty of it) see too many grey areas that could be exploited if inconvenient. I heard you last night talking to a few editors and I do think that the National has got the mix right - they give both sides a voice without giving one side more importance than the other. It is an interesting concept and perhaps as a radio host, you may not be as great a threat as print or web media.
I think the government may be worried about the wrong message getting out outside the region or at worst a biased one.

I sort of see their point but (without having gone into the nitty gritty of it) see too many grey areas that could be exploited if inconvenient. I heard you last night talking to a few editors and I do think that the National has got the mix right – they give both sides a voice without giving one side more importance than the other.

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