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State regulation or self-censorship?

Posted: September 20, 2013 at 3:40 pm

By BOB TEOH

I am currently in Manila for the on-campus component of my Masters in Journalism program at the Asian Centre for Journalism, Ateneo De Manila University. I was given this topic to lead a class discussion: State regulation or self-censorship? Which is more effective in limiting the contribution of a news media to the democratic process?

Let's begin by talking about democracy and the press.

There's an interesting quote from one of our readings. "Today, the Philippines is democratic, it has a free press, but remains trapped in a seemingly endless cycle of poverty and corruption. What good is freedom if close to one third of Filipino families continue to live below the poverty line?"

Let's look at the other side of the world the US, which is reputed to have the best model of free press. Like the Philippines, press freedom is enshrined in their respective constitutions. But the US owes so much money to China and the rest of the world that it is technically a bankrupt country. So what good is press freedom?

On the other hand, China, which has a state-regulated press like Malaysia, has emerged as a world economic dynamo. It is poised to overtake the US, assuming other things being equal.

The role of the press in China is development journalism. I was in China recently at the invitation of the Peoples' Daily, China's largest newspaper run by the Communist Party. It has a daily circulation of one million. Unashamedly, their role is to promote the "Chinese Dream" of bringing greater prosperity to China through a doctrine what they call "socialism with Chinese characteristics."

The problem with development journalism anywhere is that sooner or later, it would be hijacked to become state-sponsored journalism.

Their neighbour, India, is also another economic dynamo but India has a vibrant and free press. The Times of India has a daily circulation of three million.

In Indonesia, the government has eased up control of the media after the fall of the Suharto regime. The press there is freer than in Malaysia or Singapore.

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State regulation or self-censorship? – Bob Teoh

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September 20, 2013

I am currently in Manila for the on-campus component of my Masters in Journalism program at the Asian Centre for Journalism, Ateneo De Manila University. I was given this topic to lead a class discussion: State regulation or self-censorship? Which is more effective in limiting the contribution of a news media to the democratic process?

Let's begin by talking about democracy and the press.

There's an interesting quote from one of our readings. "Today, the Philippines is democratic, it has a free press, but remains trapped in a seemingly endless cycle of poverty and corruption. What good is freedom if close to one third of Filipino families continue to live below the poverty line?"

Let's look at the other side of the world the US, which is reputed to have the best model of free press. Like the Philippines, press freedom is enshrined in their respective constitutions. But the US owes so much money to China and the rest of the world that it is technically a bankrupt country. So what good is press freedom?

On the other hand, China, which has a state-regulated press like Malaysia, has emerged as a world economic dynamo. It is poised to overtake the US, assuming other things being equal.

The role of the press in China is development journalism. I was in China recently at the invitation of the Peoples' Daily, China's largest newspaper run by the Communist Party. It has a daily circulation of one million. Unashamedly, their role is to promote the "Chinese Dream" of bringing greater prosperity to China through a doctrine what they call "socialism with Chinese characteristics."

The problem with development journalism anywhere is that sooner or later, it would be hijacked to become state-sponsored journalism.

Their neighbour, India, is also another economic dynamo but India has a vibrant and free press. The Times of India has a daily circulation of three million.

In Indonesia, the government has eased up control of the media after the fall of the Suharto regime. The press there is freer than in Malaysia or Singapore.

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Question and Answer Session With Ron Paul – Video

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A Discussion With Ron Paul Regarding Present Currency and Dollar Crisis – Video

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Ron Paul: GOP Being Disingenuous in Shutdown Fight – Video

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Ron Paul: Taper Fakeout Means Fed Is Worried – Video

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BBC Anchor Katty Kay Confronts Ron Paul For Encouraging Women to Quit Work And Home School Kids

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BBC World News America anchor Katty Kay confronted former Texas Rep. Ron Paul on his plan to have 20 percent of children home schooled and asking mothers to leave the work force to teach them.

Paul appeared on MSNBCs Morning Joe Thursday to promote his new book The School Revolution about his education alternative, which emphasizes the importance of the individual versus, you know, everybody coming together.

I want people to be able to home school their children, he remarked. Not everybody, this is designed to pick out the leaders who want to. And maybe 20 percent might be interested in doing this. But these would be leaders who would be talking about running for Congress and understand why the Federal Reserve is a problem.

Guest host Katty Kay said Pauls plan is going to mean a vast drop of number of women in the workforce because it is largely women who are doing the home schooling.

A lot of women cant afford to give up their jobs and home school their children, a lot of families cant afford that, and do we actually want to encourage women not take part in the workforce because we know how valuable that diversity is? Kay argued. Im concerned about advocating home schooling on this level, when women are having such a hard time already staying in the workforce.

Those are the problems created by what Im trying to correct, Paul insisted. Because they have to be in the workforce and they have to work and not take care of kids because of the system that we have because its survival for them.

Paul argued that people can make it work, saying if people really want to get it done, they can.

Theres going to be choices to be made and some people will go out of their way for their children, he added. I saw an article yesterday of a woman working two jobs and she was living in a shelter and she couldnt pay her bills because her cost of living goes up much faster than wages. Thats another characteristic of this monetary system. So, that is a consequence, why they have to work.

Kay criticized Paul during his presidential campaign in 2012, tweeting "Ron Paul - the pills (contraceptive) can't be blamed for ills of our society. (Part of me still stunned we're having this debate at all.)"

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Ron Paul and Pat Robertson Attack Public Education (Video)

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Former U.S. Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) joined 700 Club host Pat Robertson today to blame public schools for society's ills, from "indoctrination" to "NSA spying."

Paul was on the program to plug his new "school" curriculum for homeschoolers, which Robertson praised for its "Biblical principles of self-government, noted RightWingWatch.org (video below).

Robertson, who recently replaced the president at his Regent University who suddenly resigned for reasons unknown, attacked progressives for supposedly advancing "indoctrination in public schools.

Dont the so-called progressives and whatever, dont they really want education to indoctrinate children. Its not just a question of educating they want to indoctrinate them in their philosophy, dont they? asked Robertson.

I think thats the whole purpose, its indoctrination. Its compulsory. Its conformity. Destroy creativity. destroy individuality. They dont want kids to be curious, they have to conform and mold it and then they are obedient to the state," claimed Paul.

Ironically, its progressives that are usually protesting "the state" and corporations, as with the nationwide "Occupy America" movement and numerous protests against U.S. wars.

Paul added: "Then we allow our governments to grow and all of a sudden we have NSA, invasion of our privacy. We have runaway militarism around the world. We have runaway spending and runaway printing of money and they can condition the people to say, 'Oh, the government knows best theyll take care of it.'"

Paul failed to mention that Robertson was a huge supporter of the U.S. invading Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Ron Paul Encourages Families to Homeschool Children, Teach Libertarian Values

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Ron Paul appeared on MSNBC's Morning Joe to promote his new book "New School Manifesto: A Libertarian Look at American Education."

Former presidential candidate and devout libertarian Ron Paul has encouraged American families to homeschool their children today on MSNBC's Morning Joe.

"I want people to homeschool their children. Not everybody. This is designed to pick out the leaders that want to and maybe 20 percent might be interested in doing this," said Paul, who appeared on the show to promote his new book, New School Manifesto: A Libertarian Look at American Education.

Paul explained that homeschooling a new generation of leaders and students "would be taught different economics; they would have a different perspective on history."

"I would like to show that some of our presidents the only great president have between warmongers and people who argued for negotiations might be a better president," said Paul.

Paul went on to suggest that while most American students had been taught that Woodrow Wilson was one of the greatest presidents, in reality "he violently abused our civil liberties, he was the one that told us we had to march around the world and he was the one that changed our foreign policy."

When one of the panelists asked if it was in the best interest of women to stay home to teach their kids and if most families' economic situation even allowed for that, Paul acknowledged that implementation was one of his proposal's harder sales.

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