tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463929305486893586.post1223569764204194432..comments2023-09-21T02:22:56.041+12:00Comments on Ethical Martini: Free speech supports lying politiciansMartyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08066464417600152977noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463929305486893586.post-45985073065779510882007-10-12T16:03:00.000+13:002007-10-12T16:03:00.000+13:00Martin, you may want to go defend yourself over at...Martin, you may want to go defend yourself over at Journz. This 'Evad' is smearing your reputation all over the show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463929305486893586.post-82578149079826966482007-10-08T16:22:00.000+13:002007-10-08T16:22:00.000+13:00I should have added I'm not sneering about free sp...I should have added I'm not sneering about free speech, it's a good thing.<BR/>Unfortunately the American courts don't think that it has anything to do with truth, at least as far as US politicians go.<BR/>Another way to look at it is that the courts have finally legitimised what we've known all along.<BR/>Free speech in the US is expensive.Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08066464417600152977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463929305486893586.post-86551183701483245082007-10-08T16:09:00.000+13:002007-10-08T16:09:00.000+13:00Another Dave, by any other name?As a regular poste...Another Dave, by any other name?<BR/>As a regular poster on New Zeal, what would you know about free speech?Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08066464417600152977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-463929305486893586.post-82537510812773540082007-10-08T14:29:00.000+13:002007-10-08T14:29:00.000+13:00As a journalist, I am somewhat disappointed that a...As a journalist, I am somewhat disappointed that a journalism lecturer is so sneeringly dismissive of free speech and the First Amendment.<BR/><BR/>But then, debate over recent days at the journz Yahoo group suggests a lot of working journalists believe in neither free speech nor the public's right to know.<BR/><BR/>I wonder where they are learning that....Evad Rehtonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00982401126824156354noreply@blogger.com