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Blogging in a Land Where the Press Isn't Free
wired.com — To look at a typical newsstand, Pakistan's press appears vibrant and diverse. There are more than 100 national and regional newspapers -- several dozen in English -- and judging by the oft-fiery editorial pages, columnists and journalists are free from shackles. But according to local blogger Mohammad Khan, "it's one of the biggest hoaxes there is"
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- harumph, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1you could substitute the word america for pakistan and it would still hold true. our myth of a free press is just as perverse. granted news is not suppressed in the same manner it is in countries like china or pakistan but it is most definitely suppressed.
- Prysorra, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Suppressed how?
- IAmTroll, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0He's another one of those Chomsky worshipers.
Let this pessimistic, lazy, socialist go to Europe. - Warpedjm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Blogging in America is wide and deep. Citizens in America are much more involved in creating the press now a days. Mass media is suppressed by the editors. It's up to their agenda. It's all in this documentary. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/.
- DeskFlyer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1In Pakistan today, according to official sources, nothing actually happened. Unofficially, a bomb unofficially went off at Jimmy Wah's, and 2 soldiers were unofficially killed.
- IAmTroll, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Pakistan is the biggest bastard country in the world. They are all fanatic terrorists who hate America. Worst...they are have the bomb. We should get rid of this country: they're the biggest threat in the world.
Muslims invaded India, and the Indians didn't do anything. Now, India is infested with Muslims.
Let's save America.
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