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Crikey 'gossip' dismissed in shield debate
true lilly Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:48 am
Crikey 'gossip' dismissed in shield debate
AAP
October 26, 2011
7:43PM
NSW Attorney General Greg Smith has dismissed popular online news
and opinion provider Crikey as "largely gossip" as he defended the
exclusion of bloggers from shield laws for journalists.
During budget estimates hearings in Sydney Mr Smith was asked by
Greens MP David Shoebridge why the shield laws passed by the NSW
parliament in June didn't cover bloggers.
Mr Smith said bloggers weren't subject to the same sanctions and responsibilities as
journalists, who could be sacked for publishing "something that is inappropriate".
Bloggers, or those "who just want to have an opinion" didn't deserve the same protections, he said.
"I'm not going to cover bloggers who may represent terrorist organisations,
or criminal organisation, or just be ratbags," Mr Smith said.
"It's not right that a fair publication of the news should be inhibited by fears of being sent to jail.
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"But people that don't have that responsibility, who just want to
have an opinion out there, to attract 200 or 300, or even two or three
others, who'd like to read their blogs, I don't see why they're
entitled to that sort of protection."
Defending the new media, Mr Shoebridge questioned why contributors to Crikey
weren't also entitled to the shield law protection.
"On your analysis ... it would be okay for a contributor to Crikey to be carried off to jail to have their sources disclosed?" Mr Shoebridge asked.
"I'm not aware of Crikey publications being of the nature where anybody would bother
asking who was the source of that information," Mr Smith replied.
"I had a subscription to Crikey for a while and I didn't continue it.
There was some useful stuff in it, but it's largely gossip."
________________________________________________________
And then we have
"tintin's" nearly 20 MILLION, Religiously reading
HIS CODED MESSAGES...
"tintin" who STATES: AUSTRALIA IS THE REAL ISRAEL,
WHILE BLAMING ISRAEL FOR ALL THE WORLD'S WOES!!!
"tintin" who also came here to fish for how I know what I know,
refusing to accept I simply compare what's publicly known and
in the news, to what IS ACTUALLY DESCRIBED IN The Bible...
and ask other's to NOT FOLLOW ANY MAN, but to
DO THEIR OWN STUDY.
AAP
October 26, 2011
7:43PM
NSW Attorney General Greg Smith has dismissed popular online news
and opinion provider Crikey as "largely gossip" as he defended the
exclusion of bloggers from shield laws for journalists.
During budget estimates hearings in Sydney Mr Smith was asked by
Greens MP David Shoebridge why the shield laws passed by the NSW
parliament in June didn't cover bloggers.
Mr Smith said bloggers weren't subject to the same sanctions and responsibilities as
journalists, who could be sacked for publishing "something that is inappropriate".
Bloggers, or those "who just want to have an opinion" didn't deserve the same protections, he said.
"I'm not going to cover bloggers who may represent terrorist organisations,
or criminal organisation, or just be ratbags," Mr Smith said.
"It's not right that a fair publication of the news should be inhibited by fears of being sent to jail.
Related Coverage
Media hounds are making a monster of me Perth Now, 5 Oct 2011
From diced MPs to Crabb salad The Australian, 29 Aug 2011
Murdoch bashers should stop and think The Australian, 15 Aug 2011
Bolt: Madman behind attacks in Norway Adelaide Now, 27 Jul 2011
Robust debate healthy for democracy The Australian, 27 Jun 2011
"But people that don't have that responsibility, who just want to
have an opinion out there, to attract 200 or 300, or even two or three
others, who'd like to read their blogs, I don't see why they're
entitled to that sort of protection."
Defending the new media, Mr Shoebridge questioned why contributors to Crikey
weren't also entitled to the shield law protection.
"On your analysis ... it would be okay for a contributor to Crikey to be carried off to jail to have their sources disclosed?" Mr Shoebridge asked.
"I'm not aware of Crikey publications being of the nature where anybody would bother
asking who was the source of that information," Mr Smith replied.
"I had a subscription to Crikey for a while and I didn't continue it.
There was some useful stuff in it, but it's largely gossip."
________________________________________________________
And then we have
"tintin's" nearly 20 MILLION, Religiously reading
HIS CODED MESSAGES...
"tintin" who STATES: AUSTRALIA IS THE REAL ISRAEL,
WHILE BLAMING ISRAEL FOR ALL THE WORLD'S WOES!!!
"tintin" who also came here to fish for how I know what I know,
refusing to accept I simply compare what's publicly known and
in the news, to what IS ACTUALLY DESCRIBED IN The Bible...
and ask other's to NOT FOLLOW ANY MAN, but to
DO THEIR OWN STUDY.
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Re: Crikey 'gossip' dismissed in shield debate
Ciggy Wed Oct 26, 2011 7:32 pm
Shut the hell up about.. whatever irrelevant shite yer spamming this time.
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