tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post4750732764753822785..comments2023-12-02T00:59:10.380+01:00Comments on England Expects: A picture is worth a thousand eurosGawain Towlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08583658895528269901noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-81113347291194106022010-10-05T11:10:58.557+02:002010-10-05T11:10:58.557+02:00I don't believe that it will have an impact on...I don't believe that it will have an impact on AFP's editorial rapidly,nor in a big way, but in the marginal area it is hard, very hard to stiuff tow fingers up to somebody who is laddling the spondoolies in your direction to that extent.<br /><br />My comparison is that those two have inordinate poer and are the boo boys of the media jungle, the EU is garnering enormous influence with nary a squeak from those who set themselves up as defenders of free speech. Where is Index on Censorship on this? Where is the IFJ.<br /><br />If you listen carefully you can here it. Yes there it is, the sound of silence.Gawain Towlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08583658895528269901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10701792.post-86136273172279204792010-10-05T09:23:04.913+02:002010-10-05T09:23:04.913+02:00You suggest that some tens of millions from the Co...You suggest that some tens of millions from the Commission will tone AFP's editorial down, and then compare them to Murdoch or Berlusconi. But surely the complaint against those two is that their influence tones down government policy in their favour. You can't have it both ways...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com