I don’t comprehend media’s motives in questioning or wanting that advisory to be out of the blue, because in my own honest opinion there is nothing in that media advisory which would cause chilling effect on media as a whole, nor does it constitute prior restraint in their advocacy. From where I stand as a media observer, the advisory was issued simply to remind that there’s still a rule of law to observe notwithstanding the emergency situations. The application of press freedom and the privilege of the public to be informed must not go in opposition to the law that had also provided those right and freedom they are now exercising. The right to press freedom must not be a license to transgress the basic function of government that is to implement peace and order and the preservation of its survival. After all, no freedom is absolute. It is a pity, media who turn into incessantly paranoid over a plain advisory assumes that as card carrying components of the press, they possess encompassing authorization to perform what they feel like to accomplish even contrary to the rule of law. I am truly flabbergasted at this reaction of the press associations.
Like for instance, the claim of press club official, that the Justice Department’s advisory obviously affirmed that in occurrence of crisis conditions, press people be supposed to abide by the rule of law from legitimate peacekeeping officials. In such a case that the National Press Club chieftain doesn’t understand what emergency situation signify, or if he isn’t sensitive of what legally recognized authority is, he doesn’t deserve to embody the club.
Certainly, media have to use press freedom and emphasize the right of the people to be informed, however it should be within the bounds of law and not keep on experimenting the threshold of the law, nevertheless, press freedom is not infinite, it has its own boundary and that is the rule of law. That is what the media advisory of the Justice Department is all about, no more, no less. Damn… can’t the media understand the difference between the exercise of freedom, or a license?
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Who is fearful of a media advisory?
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