INQUIRER EDITORIAL: PNOY AND THE MEDIA
The point is: Criticize us when we fall short of journalism's own standards. But leave us to exercise our own news judgement. It's imperfect, it's vulnerable to pressure - but government thinking is no substitute for it. That is why the media enjoy a privileged position in our constitutional tradition; they serve as a countervailing weight in an intricate system of checks and balances. And that, truly, is good news.
The point is: Criticize us when we fall short of journalism's own standards. But leave us to exercise our own news judgement. It's imperfect, it's vulnerable to pressure - but government thinking is no substitute for it. That is why the media enjoy a privileged position in our constitutional tradition; they serve as a countervailing weight in an intricate system of checks and balances. And that, truly, is good news.
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