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Do press freedoms exist in the Middle East?
The Media Line
Published: 27.09.16, 15:25
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1. Free Speech or Press doesn't exist in USA, Europe or Israel.
Murray the K ,   Brooklyn, NY   (09.27.16)
Example it is forbidden to ever question the narrative, you must believe the story, always or risk being humiliated and ostracized.
2. FREEDOMS DO EXIST
TEL EM STRAIGHT ,   SAFED HONESTY   (09.27.16)
But these freedoms are limited.
3. freedom vs licence, tyranny vs law
richard sherwin ,   herzliyah   (09.28.16)
license: look at how usa free media created trump and slandered everybody. no responsibility, no usable laws of libel. no oversight. no checking facts BEFORE printing op-ed selfies as scandalously as possible. no checking facts till too late afterwards, when a new lie's been headlined. add in the new mob media of the web, no need for anything but big mouth no brains and oh yes freedom of speech.

tyranny: the direct opposite is all/any/every islamic production -- in the middle east and elsewhere. equally lies, just mostly all the same lie at any given time, till the liars switch 'truths' and free up a new lie. meanwhile, contrary liars rot in prison or graves. russian pravda a poor imitation.

in between law and freedom. even the guardian's by comparison to either, superb. the jp and ynet ditto. cant blame haaretz and the nyt for all the barely educated bull that floats in the middle. they do stay honestly biassed usually.

i've avoided europe of course. brexit intellectually, when their major philosopher was a dedicated nazi, who can trust any of their der sturmer intellectualities. i do hope brussels' chocolates remain half as good as antwerps. but....
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