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From: gil@cornell.UUCP (Gil Neiger)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
Message-ID: <604@cornell.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 11-Nov-85 08:11:33 EST
Article-I.D.: cornell.604
Posted: Mon Nov 11 08:11:33 1985
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References: <531@nbires.UUCP> <7800610@inmet.UUCP>
Reply-To: gil@cornell.UUCP (Gil Neiger)
Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept.
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In article <7800610@inmet.UUCP> janw@inmet.UUCP writes:
>
>Apparently some people make the unspoken assumption: "If a  paper
>is  right-wing,  it  should  be suppressed".  Actually, La Prensa
>*cannot* be right-wing; due to censorship, its published  content
>is  much  the same as in the other papers. People buy it just for
>that faint *flavor* of independence.  Inadequate as it is, it  is
>the  *only*  outlet  for  unofficial, non-servile information and
>views.  The authorities don't kill it outright, probably, for the
>same reason - it serves as a safety valve.
>
>		Jan Wasilewsky

This is only true if you assume that "If a paper is pro-government
it must be official and servile."  El Nuevo Diario is a privately
owned independent paper in Managua that happens to be pro-Sandinista.


-- 
        Gil Neiger 
        Computer Science Department 
        Cornell University 
        Ithaca NY  14853 

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