http://interjunction.org/article/harry-soldier-and-the-order-of-pressmen/ media meets academia: site on media-related issues: journalism, media ethics, history and responsibilities, media effects and globalisation, and journalism education Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:41:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://interjunction.org/article/harry-soldier-and-the-order-of-pressmen/#comment-21 Dave Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:44:02 +0000 http://interjunction.org/article/harry-soldier-and-the-order-of-pressmen/#comment-21 Some interesting questions. But without responsibility, there is no democracy. It was a difficult decision, but under the circumstances, I think it worked out well. It would indeed be a bullish media, if the editors insisted that they would publish no matter what. That would perhaps have prevented the prince from being deployed, but that wouldn't have been a healthy -- or pragmatic -- option either. Some interesting questions. But without responsibility, there is no democracy. It was a difficult decision, but under the circumstances, I think it worked out well. It would indeed be a bullish media, if the editors insisted that they would publish no matter what. That would perhaps have prevented the prince from being deployed, but that wouldn’t have been a healthy — or pragmatic — option either.

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