Press Freedom

Bill Keller, the managing editor of the NY Times, regarding the Wikileaks fallout, wrote: "A free press in a democracy can be messy. But the alternative is to give the government a veto over what its citizens are allowed to know."

 

The first thing a repressive government tries to do is to control the flow of information. This has been happening in Cairo and historically has happened in many other countries. One of the things that worry me about Sarah Palin is her almost obsessive control of her message. She communicates almost entirely through her web site, Facebook and Twitter. Her public speeches are only to friendly audiences; she takes no questions, and avoids reporters like the plague.